(photo credit: my husband Rich) Greta Renee born at home 8:21am September 28th, 2011 7lbs/14oz We are so excited to be settling in with our little Greta. The boys could not be more excited. I think this is just the coolest way to weigh a baby! For now, I’m trying to catch sleep when I can. […]
Dull to Shiny – A Lesson in Opposites
My energy levels have been abysmally low. But then that is to be expected, I guess when you are just days away from that magical “due date”. But we did manage to do this fun Montessori inspired activity that correlated with our discussion of opposites. I’ve had fun revisiting a preschool curriculum that I wrote […]
Confident and Grateful Graduates…
I loved my homeschool experience while I was in the midst of it, but my appreciation has only grown as I’ve moved in and out of the subsequent seasons in my life. I had the opportunity to share a bit about that this summer at the Arizona Homeschool Convention. It was fun to reflect on […]
Life Learning: Lessons in Patience…
(photo courtesy of my sister, Bethany) One of the beauties of homeschooling is how life circumstances can lead into so many learning opportunities. When we discovered that I was pregnant back in January, I looked over my ‘plan’ for the rest of the year and decided to make some tweaks. I thought this would be […]
Tinkering…
We’re just tinkering around this weekend! I’m in full nesting mode and so we moved the archaic computer that I just recently used to spend hours and hours on out of our bedroom and the boys decided to take it apart and investigate! The bigger boys are thrilled with getting to learn how to use a […]
Getting Ready for Greta…
We have been busy over here getting ready for Greta’s arrival. Last month at the cabin, Xander and I went for a walk on his birthday and I told him all about the day he was born. Since there has been so much excitement with learning about pregnancy, babies and anticipating Greta being born I […]