On my last post I indicated that I would be sharing about homeschooling next, as that topic has been sorely neglected here on the blog. A travesty really, because of all the things we do homeschooling seems to eat up most of my time! Anyway, the injustice shall continue because I had to share our theme from this past week: Repurposing. Okay, so we don’t actually put themes to our weeks around here, but if we did ‘Repurposing’ definitely would have…
This is the sister post to our last update, because while there is plenty of wondering and occasional concern, there is a lot of excitement for what’s about to happen to break through the cabin fever. The boys have taken to creating interpretive dances while stuck inside. The latest is called ‘The Tiger and the Antelope.’ It looks a lot like wrestling. Most of what they do looks a lot like wrestling. Moving on, here’s the low down: The goats…
I’ve always had a pretty deep seated dislike for winter. Mostly because I’m always cold and Steve’s always hot, and, well, open windows in the middle of January makes me cranky. Living in a neighborhood less than 15 minutes from almost anywhere we wanted or needed to be, I got used to dressing rather inappropriately for the weather. Hair doesn’t fit under a hat today? No biggie, the car heats up pretty fast. Can’t find my gloves? Oh well, it’s…
Christmas was as Christmas usually tends to be around here: hectic. There were plenty of ugly moments in the days leading up, including Daniel cutting his own hair and one of the older boys deciding to glue a Christmas card to the wall when they couldn’t find the tape. However, there was a lot of beauty in there too. I work at our church as a cantor/soloist, and really, is there anything more beautiful than Christmas Eve services?? And I…
Merry Christmas from our family! We hope that tomorrow brings peace, joy and the enjoyment of family and friends. Thank you for following us – we’ll be back on next week! God bless,