Archive for January, 2010

Looking to rearrange the schedule… again!

Well, we’ve slowly got­ten back into the swing of things, but 4 den­tal appoint­ments in one week does not hold out much suc­cess for school! Yes­ter­day, Face asked a ques­tion that I couldn’t answer right away… “Why don’t we do sign lan­guage any­more?” Good ques­tion!  It seems like in my desire to get back to […]

Is it really art?

For the month of Decem­ber, I decided to allow the kids to do ‘Paint by Num­bers’. They each chose their own pic­ture to do, and were really excited to start. My son ended up paint­ing TWO because he enjoyed it so much. The girls’ inter­est waned, though. I enjoyed watch­ing #1 Son’s true LOVE for this […]

Quick Dinner Recipe

I just wanted to share this recipe with all my busy mom friends here! World’s Eas­i­est Taco Soup Recipe It took less than 20 min­utes! If you are pressed for time to cook din­ner (or just don’t have that “oh, let’s spend hours in the kitchen cook­ing nutri­tious foods for my fam­ily” gene), you should […]

We’re back, and raring to go!

Well, we sort’ve fell off the face of the earth for a while, but we’re back now! We took a trip to Lake Chicot State Park in Lake Vil­lage, AR. It was a nice trip! We had car trou­ble while up there, which meant our trip was cut short, but the weather was really nice. Cold. But […]

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  • Heb. 4:12

    Be wise, my son, and make my heart rejoice, that I may make a reply to him that is taunting me.
    - Proverbs 27:11
  • Subjects

  • Current Reads


    Par­adise Lost/Paradise RegainedJohn Mil­ton

    The Adven­tures of Huck­le­berry FinnMark Twain



    The Bobb­sey Twins The Miss­ing Pony Mys­teryLaura Lee Hope


    The Bobb­sey Twins of Lake­portLaura Lee Hope




    Bobb­sey Twins Adven­tures with Baby MayLaura Lee Hope


    The Bobb­sey Twins in Vol­cano LandLaura Lee Hope


    ~READ ALOUD~
    The Teacher
    Beau­ti­ful Sto­ries from Shake­speare for Chil­drenEdith Nes­bit
  • Fine Arts Study

    COMPOSER
    Anto­nio Vivaldi
    Baroque Clas­si­cal

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    ARTIST
    Vin­cent van Gogh
    Winslow Homer

    Impres­sion­ists
  • Past Reads

    #1 Son
    East of Eden
    Around the World in 80 Days
    Jour­ney to the Bot­tom­less Pit
    By The Great Horn Spoon
    The Nar­ra­tive of the Life of Fred­er­ick Dou­glass
    13 at Din­ner
    Up From Slav­ery
    To Kill A Mock­ing­bird
    Croc­o­dile Tears
    Water­ship Down


    Flower Picker
    Frog and Toad are Friends
    Stu­art Lit­tle
    Tom Sawyer (G.I.C.)
    Huck­le­berry Finn (G.I.C)
    Charlotte’s Web


    Face
    Won­ders of the Pond
    Tom Sawyer — (G.I.C.)
    My Book of Bible Sto­ries
    Stu­art Lit­tle
    Huck­le­berry Finn (G.I.C.)
    Charlotte’s Web


    The Mom
    Sarah, Plain and Tall
    The Adven­tures of Grand­fa­ther Frog
    The Bird-woman of The Lewis & Clark Expedition