About a year and a half ago we moved into our new house, a 70’s contemporary on 1.25 acres. We have lots of trees, a large rocky hill and even a yard. This past year we realized that we also have wild edibles. Last summer we enjoyed the wild wine berries that were growing and…
Tag: children
Lessons from LEGOs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/huladancer22/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 This weekend I finally convinced the girls to give up their large bin of LEGO Quatros. They donated that and ten other toys to Goodwill. So I decided to treat them and purchased them some regular small LEGOs. I went to the store looking for a plain old box of…
Max, He Was a Good Fish
I walked into the room the girls were playing and happily greeted me. I then went to say hello to our beloved goldfish and there he was pale orange, floating at the top lifeless. I took a moment and then explained to the girls, who hadn’t noticed, that Max had died. The younger one went…
Open Source Curricula for Homeschoolers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/revdancatt/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 As someone who is just getting started at (secular) homeschooling I’m constantly looking at various curricula and other materials that are out there. I’m pretty sure that no one curriculum will fit our needs nor do I plan on having my kids do worksheets constantly. Because of this I am…
Hiring a Nanny
Photo courtesy of sylvar via CC A few years ago we had just had our second child and my husband/stay at home dad had just decided to re-enter the workforce so that we could get buy a house. With that we were at a loss for childcare and needed to find someone to watch the…