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Our Homeschool

Nick - Age 9, 4th Grade
  1. Ray's Primary Arithmetic
  2. McGuffey's Second Reader
  3. All About Spelling Level 3
  4. Copywork
  5. Prima Latina I (Latin)
  6. Typing Instructor for Kids
James - Age 6, Kindergarten
  1. Ray's New Primary Arithmetic
  2. McGuffey's Primer
  3. Peterson Directed Handwriting
  4. All About Spelling Level 1
  5. Rime to Read (Phonics Readers)
  6. Explode the Code 1 1/2 (phonics)
Together we do:
  1. Johannes Vermeer Picture Study
  2. Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers by John Burroughs
  3. Indoor Science Experiments and Outdoor Nature Study
  4. Stories of the Civil War

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Cuddly (PhotoHunt 201)

This week’s PhotoHunt theme is “cuddly” … oh, so many things come to mind. Stuffed animals – I’ve had hundreds over the years and can call most of them by name – babies, lambs, kittens, the fuzzy blankets we bought at Big Lots. All cuddly and all wonderful! I looked through my photos and found [...]

PhotoHunt 176 – Surprise

When we first moved into this house, it was summer and I was pregnant and sick so we had no school lessons and all the time was free time. Nicholas was six and James was three at the time. I usually got up around 9 every morning, but sometimes Nicholas got up earlier [...]

PhotoHunt 158 – Purple

Since yesterday was my anniversary, I decided to post a picture of my wedding cake which had purple decorations. Our colors were green (Jon’s favorite) and purple (my favorite). Most of the purple we used was actually darker than what I like. One of my favorite shades is that of the flowers [...]

PhotoHunt 156 – Stripes

I found only a few photos in my collection that I thought would qualify for today’s PhotoHunt Theme – Stripes. I chose to share with you a photo of Nicholas using a towel with stripes to dry off after being baptized last year.

Now that I’ve shown you the “after” photo, let me show you [...]

PhotoHunt 154 – Yellow

A while back, I discovered a Saturday photo meme called PhotoHunt. The hostess gives a theme each week, and participants post a photo that matches the theme. I’ve wanted to get in on it, and finally I am!
Today’s theme is yellow:

This is Robert when he was a little over two months old. [...]