“It’s just a baby needing a liver, take him!” she said.
“He is a baby needing a liver, thank you,” he whispered.
He, dirty and tattooed treasured that baby like his last breath of life.
I’m proud of him, proud of him.
Original post by learningon
Oh, Happy Gluten-free Day!
A cookie - that tastes like a cookie! Yum! Double Yum!
Kinnikinnick Brand Montana’s Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies. Found in the freezer section of WholeFoods. They are really good. And not just, “I have been trying a bunch of gluten free cookies and these are the best of them” kind of good (which they are.) But like, actually good.
The only drawback? They are GOOD. DD & I could easily eat entire package in a sitting. Which is neither good for the waistline or the pocketbook. (Price was a little over $4….ouch)
But if you have been looking for an actual cookie that you and your kids will love - YUM, this is it!!!!
Makes me wonder why some of the other companies can’t make their items taste even remotely as good?
Original post by evmommy
Here are the rest of the pictures of our day, including ME (aww c’mon, you know you want to see my ugly mug).
Here is Sis’s with just the outline(which always hurts the worst):
Mine, starting outline:
My beautiful 15 year old, right after her (awesome) haircut:
Mine, done:
Me and DD (this is actually during the color part):
We brought her because she wants one herself. I promised her one for her 16th (with strict rules she has to follow), so I felt she needed to see exactly what one goes through to get one. I didn’t manage to change her mind, but she is now more aware of what it takes, means, and involves to get a tattoo. That’s why I love Munchkin. He totally explained to her (and backed me up on my rules) everything involved and said he had no problem doing it(no one else will touch my babe, that’s a priviledge […]
Original post by electricbarbarella
Rain streams down the window, same as my tears.
But wetter my face than the window.
Thoughts of anger and sadness are as black as the clouds.
Muddy and wet is my conscience.
My heart is trying to get warm from the icy wind.
This is not a regular storm, for it is in my heart.
Original post by learningon
Hubby has been busy and very productive while he’s been away. As of this weekend, I now have a fridge, washer, dryer, mixer, toaster oven, microwave and <<insert big drumroll here>> a dishwasher! Those aren’t all that common in HKG, and I was prepared to live without one, so it was a wonderful surprise. Because of the expert negotiation skills of our landlady, Mrs. Tong, he was able to get great prices on everything, which helps our budget stretch.
We also have phone, gas and electricity. Cable and internet are still on the list of things to get (very important! ), as well as beds, a table, something to sit on and some various kitchen things that we aren’t taking like dishes, cups, silverware, etc.
He was also able to visit another church with some friends and have some time visiting with them. It […]
Original post by mom2rbdl
Things we did every day:
Bible- Pssalm 112:5a
T1’s spelling/vocab words- germ, grim, gust
H’s spelling/voacb words- gem, gully
Sign language for “G”
Songs- God Is So Good, Green Grapes, Glory To His Name, Give Me That Old Time Religion
Country- Guatemala
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Sunday- Started growing crystals. Our experiment sort of failed, by the end of the week, the crystals had not grown on the rocks, but they did grow all over the side and down the bucket, so it was all good.
Monday- Read about Goliath and David. Played G chalkboard races. Made a Guatemalan recipe-Baked Bananas. I thought they were gross, T1 and H liked them, T2 didn’t really.
Tuesday- Played games with playdough. Played board games. Gallopped around. Went on a “trip” to Guatemala.
Wednesday- Read about the Good Samaratin, and the Great Commission from the Bible. Played golf. Played garbage toss. Introduced the concept of greater than/less than. T1 and H totally got it, I made a sheet of about 20 problems, […]
Original post by alantina
After having done the Fairfax canine club last year, I thought I’d shorten my weekly drive and get a club started here in Arlington. Luckily, WOOFS! is donating the training. We started Wednesday night, and will go for 7 sessions of Obedience. One goal is to learn obedience to move onto Agility and another goal is to pass the Canine Good Citizen test.
Tonight’s instructor was very good with the kids. I look forward to it.
Original post by braegan
We are very lucky to have joined our friends who started a science co-op in the Spring. For the Fall, we are doing Biology. Last week they talked about classifying things. At the Arboretum, the kids were able to see many plants classified into their various families.
Braeden and his friend got to feed the koi for the Arboretum. They were in the right place at the right time! We went through the National Herb Garden with its wonderful Knot Garden. We went into the Bonsai section which was reminescent of the Bonsai garden at San Francisco Park during our trip there in March.
The Arboretum is so large that we will return there to see some more. Perhaps we’ll go up close to the National Columns that from the Herb Garden, look a bit out of place, but apparently have a beautiful reflecting pool on the other side.
Original post by braegan
Regan and her friend, also homeschooled, went to Altar Server training Tuesday evening. Females FINALLY became allowed to serve on the altar, only recently. One of the last dioceses in the country to do so. Regan starts serving in October.
Original post by braegan
Sunday the 23rd was the Renaissance Fest in Maryland. We love attending this. Today’s theme was Pirates!
A beautiful 75deg Fall day saw the gang beginning bright and early, arriving at the gates of the Maryland Rennaissance Festival at 10:15am. We quickly got in the spirit by renting costumes, a Squire for Braeden and the kids choose an Outlaw for Dad.
The kids enjoyed several shows, a sword swallower, magician, and comdey troupe.
Braeden got selected to be a pirate. Once on stage he informed the performer that he is a knight, not a pirate. After a little negotiation, he agreed he could play a pirate on stage, ‘but not for real.’ He smiled through the whole event, to the point of not being able to speak and the performer had to coax his lines out of him. He had to jump out and shout ‘ARGGH, Give me your money!’ upon which […]
Original post by braegan
(The War was provided to me by Click Communications for the purpose of review.)
Kevin and I have only watched the first three hours of Ken Burns’ documentary The War, but I didn’t want to wait any longer to write my review. The War has played all week on PBS, and will be released on DVD this week, and I can’t recommend it highly enough. It is a documentary that my children will be required to watch - probably when they reach junior high age, because it has some actual footage of battles and casualties.
Ken Burns has taken on one of the pivotal events of American history, World War II, and has done it justice, which is an unbelievable feat. Rather than give us a documentary that is a historical lecture about military strategy, he has taken four cities in the US and followed families from those cities throughout the […]
Original post by carrie
Claims of Philosophy as an Instrument of Education
English Educational Thought tends towards Naturalism––Since Locke established a school of educational thought, based on English philosophy, our tendency has been exclusively towards naturalism, if not materialism; to the exclusion of an element in education––the force of the idea.
Madame de Staël has a remarkable passage concerning this tendency in English philosophy which, though we may not be disposed to admit her conclusions en bloc, should certainly give us pause, and lead us to consider whether we should not wisely modify the tendencies of our national thought by laying ourselves open to foreign influences:––
Madame de Staël upon Locke––’Hobbes prit à la lettre la philosophie qui fait dériver toutes nos idées des impressions des sens; il n’en craignit point les conséquences, et il a dit hardiment que l’âme était, soumise à la nécessité comme la société au despotisme. Le culte des tous les sentiments éléves […]
Original post by CM Blogger
Can I just say for a moment that I am really enjoying having “older” kids?
I was not sure what to expect when the boys and I headed out to the National Book Festival today. They seemed excited about seeing Terry Pratchett in person (our new absolutely most favorite author…we are on the third book in the Tiffany Aching series, Wintersmith, and can’t get enough of Discworld and the Nac MacFeegles). But still, spending a day in the crowds on the National Mall listening to authors talk about their books? I wasn’t too sure how it would go over.
So I decided that we would go see Terry Pratchett (luckily he was scheduled for noon) and then play the rest of the day by ear, figuring that I wanted the kids to have fun and if all else failed I could watch the talks via the web.
We headed out and took the […]
Original post by throwingmarshmallows
I am an overprotective mom.
Wow. What a surprise.
I have known this about myself for quite some time, so it’s not really a surprise. I guess what surprises me is that I am actually fighting against those overprotective tendencies more often than I used to.
I admit I am not crazy about Evan going over to sleepovers, but I let him go. I don’t like letting him ride his bike on the street, even though I am always out there with him and he is in my line of vision. I still let him do it, though. I can’t stand it when a kid says something rude to him. I have to teach him to stand up for himself and let him handle those things (unless it becomes too much for him to handle).
Some things are no brainers, though. If a grown up says something to my child that I don’t like, […]
Original post by tina
I AM NOT A LESBIAN, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO PROTEST AND RESIST THE PEARLS AND THEIR TEACHINGS.
Meg linked to this news article in which Michael Pearl dismissed the opposition to his child-rearing techniques by saying this:
“There is a group of lesbian home-schoolers that always try to protest our seminars,” Pearl said.
Well, like Meg, I wanted to give the people searching on this topic something to talk about.
Original post by carrie
Okay, one thing I have found, this bread is heavy. I mean, really heavy. And it is kept in the fridge. And it is tiny.
Tiny, cold, heavy bread.
But, it isn’t totally horrible, depending on what you are using it for. I don’t see how you could ever use it as a bread for a sandwich. For one, it is tiny. For another, it is crumbly. It breaks into pieces at the slightest touch. It doesn’t taste really bad, but doesn’t really have much taste at all. And it is very dense.
But, if you toast it, it isn’t bad for putting some jelly on, and having it with a cup of tea. DD17 actually likes to eat it this way, and says it is good.
So - it gets a yes vote as a jelly-holding device. As long as you toast it. You do want to toast it - but […]
Original post by evmommy
Okay, one thing I have found, this bread is heavy. I mean, really heavy. And it is kept in the fridge. And it is tiny.
Tiny, cold, heavy bread.
But, it isn’t totally horrible, depending on what you are using it for. I don’t see how you could ever use it as a bread for a sandwich. For one, it is tiny. For another, it is crumbly. It breaks into pieces at the slightest touch. It doesn’t taste really bad, but doesn’t really have much taste at all. And it is very dense.
But, if you toast it, it isn’t bad for putting some jelly on, and having it with a cup of tea. DD17 actually likes to eat it this way, and says it is good.
So - it gets a yes vote as a jelly-holding device. As long as you toast it. You do want to toast it - but […]
Original post by evmommy
So, we made it out of the house. Wednesday we went to a homeschool park day where they had organized an Olympic Games. I was only brave enough to attempt it because my mom was going too, and my brother also ended up coming. Henry was a real champ. He slept in the sling and nursed and then slept in the sling again. When we showed up we got a rock star reception (Henry did, anyway) which was nice, and it was nice to see our friends.
Thursday I took Zibby and Henry to the cafe to meet friends for lunch. Again, Henry was very accomodating and slept in his sling until I gave him to Tina to hold so I could eat Zibby has been such an amazing helper and dotes on her baby brother. Henry (knock on wood) doesnt hate the car/carseat with a passion, like his […]
Original post by happychildhood
So, we made it out of the house. Wednesday we went to a homeschool park day where they had organized an Olympic Games. I was only brave enough to attempt it because my mom was going too, and my brother also ended up coming. Henry was a real champ. He slept in the sling and nursed and then slept in the sling again. When we showed up we got a rock star reception (Henry did, anyway) which was nice, and it was nice to see our friends.
Thursday I took Zibby and Henry to the cafe to meet friends for lunch. Again, Henry was very accomodating and slept in his sling until I gave him to Tina to hold so I could eat Zibby has been such an amazing helper and dotes on her baby brother. Henry (knock on wood) doesnt hate the car/carseat with a passion, like his […]
Original post by happychildhood
So - my first review is more a review of me, and how I need to learn to do things differently.
I can’t even remember the name of the pasta that I got. It was from Safeway, though, and it was corn based. How simple, I thought, to have found it here at the corner grocery store.
Maybe that should have been my first red flag?
Anyway, get home, put the pot of water on, and start getting some other things ready. Quickly scan pasta directions - which say to add to boiling water, as all pasta does. Well, sometimes I don’t always wait for a full boil, as my kids don’t love it al dente, anyway.
WARNING! If your corn based pasta says “Full Boil” they ain’t kidding.
I threw it in, and forgot about it. Don’t do that either.
When I got back to it, the water looked […]
Original post by evmommy
1. A is for age: 34.
2. B is for beer of choice: Corona - but it’s been a long time since I had one. I’d rather have a glass of wine.
3. C is for career right now: Homeschooling mom
4. D is for your dog’s name: Don’t have one, don’t want one.
5. E is for essential item you use everyday: Computer
6. F is for favorite TV show at the moment: House
7. G is for favorite game: Cranium
8. H is for hometown: Sedro Woolley, Washington
9. I is for instruments you play: Piano
10. J is for favorite juice: Don’t have one.
11. K is for whose butt you’d like to kick: I’m more of a silent protest kind of person.
12. L is for last place you ate:13. M is for marriage: Married for 12 years so far.
14. N is for name: Carrie
15. O is for overnight hospital stays: Tonsils, two c-sections, gall bladder […]
Original post by carrie
Justyne over on Schoolless just had a neat activity on survival of the fittest using Legos. It looks like fun and I may have to remember it.
But reading over what they did reminded me of something similar that I did a few years ago for the biology labs that I taught. But instead of Legos, we used M&Ms.
Justyne asked me to send her the info and since I needed to type it up, I figured I’d post it here for anyone to use.
Now for anyone who isn’t familiar with the terms: macroevolution is the idea that we ‘came from apes,’ or at least share common ancestors with them; microevolution is the idea that creatures’ characteristics can change from one generation to another because of some kind of pressure on the population. Believe it of not, there are groups that will accept the idea of micro-, but still […]
Original post by Meg
Regan asked our Associate Pastor if she can do a showing of this film to benefit the John Dau Sudan Foundation via school supplies and financial donations. He said he’ll watch the film and get back to her. Send positive thoughts to Father Paul on this.
Original post by braegan
Isn’t she lovely?
Locks of Love will be getting her 10+ inches of hair that she is donating.
Original post by braegan
It was one of those signs that the message can be changed with removable letters. It was a daycare center.
What the sign really said:
This is a FALLTASTIC place to be!
What I thought it said:
This is a FATALISTIC place to be!
I seriously did a double-take - those poor children! Oh, wait…
It’s not the Lasik’s fault, it’s just my brain.
Original post by morethanfine