It’s a fast and furious carnival again! My computer is giving me about 10 minutes between stops, so no pleasantries!Thanks to Why Homeschool for hosting last week and presenting a call for submissions this week as well! Next week’s edition will be hosted by our own Kittykait on her newly redesigned blog. [...]
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Our Little Red is eating lots of potty candy these days.She has been using the potty on occasion for the last few weeks. Mostly she uses it for gas. Yes, that gets candy too, since she is recognizing some sort of imminent bodily function. I want to teach her to [...]
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and because I’m having a little trouble finding the camera cable to post a new pic of my 4 month old Little Guy.Here is a photo of me sometime before my first birthday.
We have an entire row of framed First Birthday pictures in our dining room, beginning with Hubby and going all the way down [...]
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We love to use the oven in the morning when we wake up to a cold house. We had some old hot dog buns in the bread basket that weren’t likely to get used, so here’s what we had this morning. Amounts are approximate. You can make it with less eggs, but [...]
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After the girls and I watched this over and over and discussed the implications, 6yo Natalie seems to have missed the point. She announced that she wants to do that when she grows up.
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…Notice anything, just any little tiny differences, on my blog?
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Go have a look at what my very talented 11yo did with the template to my blog, a little html knowledge, and the Paintbrush program that comes with Microsoft Windows.And she even got her math done today. I love homeschooling.
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Dry erase markers,How do I love thee?Let me count the ways:You clean up so easilyYour colors are vividI can use you on so much more than just the white board…
I know where to get a 4-pack of dry erase markers (black or assorted) for $.99 and free shipping. Do you?Use Spoofee to find a [...]
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Hubby has prevailed upon me to toot my own horn and mention that Doug Phillips posted a photo of Lydia and me on his blog. The reason for said horn tooting is to direct inquiring minds toward the Live-blog Labor that so impressed Mr. Phillips.Here is a good place to start, although you might [...]
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Mummy: You and at least 3 other people get on the trampoline, and (decide who is it) “it” laysdown on the trampoline crosses their arms on their chest, and the others run around on the trampoline chanting “mummy mummy don’t wake up until I count to five,1,2,3,4,5, then “it”gets up, and chases the others, last [...]
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This year we had the privilege of rubbing elbows with quite a few celebrities in our little world:Mr. Charlie Zahm sang ballads in his kilt again, with that amazing baritone voice, including a new one about the Alamo. Becca didn’t seem to mind the kilt much this year.We sat at a table and talked with [...]
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Thanks to Meredith for the link to Homemade Gift idea exchange, complete with Mister Linky so you can contribute your own. GiBee has some beautiful ideas of her own and I’m sure she’ll have a plethora of participants sharing theirs too.One of my favorites is a unique and longterm project - not all are [...]
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Feeling inspired by the recent film festival, our children were discussing the possibility of submitting a film of their own to next year’s festival.
Deanna was saying, “…But we would have to make it really– ”
“–stupid,” Kaitlyn broke in, “so they wouldn’t let us win and make us go up on stage.”
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After meeting the Duggar family last weekend, I just have to say that I feel at peace about our sock system. During a Q & A session, somebody asked about socks in their household, and it sounds like their system is very similar to ours. It’s certainly not flawless, but if it works [...]
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Panther: you and at least three other people get on the Trampoline (decide who is it)who everis it closes their eyes and gets on their hands and knees trys to get the others.Mummy:Switch:Pancake:Switch traffic jam:Mother may I?:Tricks and judge:Fox and sheep:Fox and geese:Bowling ball:King Kong tag:Looney toon tag:What’s the time Mr. Wolf?:No way Jose:Next [...]
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