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  We took a field trip with K’s parents to the Mt. St. Helens Visitor’s Center just off of I-5 in Washington.  It was great!  The kids had a great time- we watched a short film about the 1980 eruption, then we looked through several exhibits they had and walked through a model of a volcano. Outside of the center […]

  Typical for this time of year, the rain forced us to move the annual family egg hunt indoors.  K’s mom went all out with getting the eggs ready, the adults had a good time hiding them, and the kids found them in a fraction of the time it took us to hide them. The entire […]

 We go through many, many crayons at our house.  I buy several boxes of the 24 count crayons during the back to school sales when I can get them for a quarter a box, and we use them all before the next year.  I have always figured the 24 different colors were enough for the […]

  My kids love the refrigerator.  All of them (well, the mobile ones 🙂 ) love to stand and rearrange the magnets, spell nonsense words, make designs, and draw pictures to put up.  I know that is rather typical of many kids, but it still fascinates me how long they will play there and that […]

 We had a really relaxing afternoon. We started a 1000 piece puzzle while finishing our current audiobook, Magyk by Angie Sage.

 E2 is really enjoying his new loft bed, particularly the space underneath. He often tucks blankets all around the outside for a “clubhouse.” He also uses the desk every day- it’s great for Legos! We celebrated Pi Day with pizza for lunch, and had fun figuring out it’s circumference and the circumference of all the […]

 K’s dad made this dollhouse for E3 for her birthday last year.  She loves it- it stays in the living room for the most part, and she plays with it almost every day. I love to watch my kids play. Their creativity often amazes me; they most often play with something different than the designers of the […]

 I started reading and studying about homeschooling when E1 was only a year old, so I have had time to learn about many of the different theories and philosophies concerning methods of homeschooling. (I probably have over-studied it, but that’s another post.) Logically, mentally, I believe totally that traditional methods of teaching are not the best- that kids learn best and […]

 We had tried to go to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center on the fourth Friday evening when they had free admission, but decided not to because of the storm. So when my sister-in-law, V, had the day off, she suggested we go and take advantage of the quiet season special. We had so much fun! It has […]

This day’s lesson is- even if you’re in a hurry, take more than one picture and take them off of the card before the day is over. This one was horribly out of focus and not framed well, so I played around with the cool effects in PSP. I did post the original in the […]