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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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Wednesday’s Weekly Weigh In #3

I’m sorry for the delay in posting this week’s Wednesday Weigh In. I was busy Tuesday preparing our taxes and didn’t get (or take) time to post yesterday either. So we’ll just go at it today!
Thank you to Jon, Kristine, and Leanne for joining in last week.

My weigh in for this week – [...]

Four Foods on Friday #64

Four Foods on Friday
#1. What’s the oddest thing you’ve ever made with bread? Dog food. Several years ago, I had a notion to feed our dog Riley a natural diet. (I could sound like a really energetic “green” pet owner, but the truth is that we were out of dog food and [...]

Four Foods on Friday #63

I discovered the weekly meme Four Foods on Friday last week, and I wanted to participate but it was Saturday. I decided I would participate this week. When I went to check it out, I laughed to see that this week’s questions revolve around Chinese food which I do not eat.
So it’s not [...]

Birthday Fun

I love birthday parties. We never do any huge bash, but we make the day fun and memorable for the honoree of the day. I’ve made the birthday cakes for each of our kids’ birthdays every year except when Nicholas turned six. He wanted an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen that [...]

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things I’m Cooking Today
1. turkey – We’re calling him Tom, and my four year old talks to him every time I open the oven to baste.
2. rolls – my favorite!
3. mashed potatoes – with salt, butter, and evaporated milk, mmm
4. sweet potatoes – baked and plain the way God made [...]

Pizza

Mmm, pizza is by far my favorite food!  There’s just something about that combination of warm tomato sauce and melted mozarella cheese on chewy crust that I find irresistable.  Ordering from Dominos four times a week will, sadly, deplete my bank account faster than you can say NSF.
Years ago, I started experimenting with making my [...]