Dear Family and Friends, As our family bundles up for the winter season and reflects on the Savior’s birth, we find ourselves thankful and grateful for another blessed year. The providence of God handed us another baby, L, born in September. She reminds us of our first-born with the same alertness, gleeful smile, and size (large)!…
As we had our basement finished this past spring, I’ve been meaning to get our furnace serviced and cleaned out. The technician came this morning and reported that it is unsafe to run because we have a large crack in the heat exchanger! We had it serviced about 2 years ago, so I wasn’t even…
My friend Jennifer asked me the following questions regarding my previous post: Gena, I like this post. Thanks for sharing what you’ll be doing! It’s very inspiring to me! But, one question? How do you find the time to do all this? Do you stay home a lot? Does the structure help keep things mellow…
I always enjoy the Olympics. I’ve been thinking about doing a unit study or lapbook with the kids about it, but since we haven’t finished our Ocean study, I’ve been holding back on buying anything. However, I just discovered a free one here! There are some wonderful ideas about mapping, researching an Olympian, studying nutrition,…
Homeschool Plans for 2008-2009 for 7 yo boy, 6 yo boy, 4 yo girl, 3 yo girl, 21 mos. boy and newborn due in Sept. We school year-round and start the new “year” in June. Our homeschooling style is a mixture of Charlotte Mason (living books, short lessons, narration, copywork, nature study), unit studies (especially…
Here is the schedule we have been following lately. I do the same thing in the summer as during the "school year". We need fairly strict routines in this house. My kids are 7 1/2 , 6, 4 1/2, 3, and 20 months right now. 6-7 a.m. Kids, Dad and I wake up. Shower. Breakfast…