We are homeschoolers who lean towards unschooling. Our boys are avid gamers who enjoy getting out to enjoy life before they have to be burdened with the woes of adulthood.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that our boys like to help in the kitchen. Sometimes, it’s a simple as putting together their snack or making their own peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Sometimes, it’s a little more involved like when the boys helped make semi swedish meatballs with me. They took turns using the […]
For being our first year gardening in our new home, we’re having strange experiences. Some of our plants are not doing well and we suspect it’s the soil which is out for analysis at the moment. We mistakenly assumed that our soil would be good garden soil because we’re surrounded by farmlands. But it seems […]
Yes, we speak geek. And our boys speak it, too. Lots of kids have play phones but not many play “tech support” on them. It’s hilarious to watch them pick up the phone and say “Tech support” and then intently listen about the pretend callers problem. Of course, they have learned that rebooting your computer […]
Yesterday, I asked you to guess what we did. Here’s some hints… Drama King has been covered in mud head to toe. Tim wore a hat for the first time in … oh, I dont’ know, forever maybe. Little T has had more baths in a weekend that any other weekend in his life. Shoes […]
A few weeks ago, Tim and I skimmed through the clearance toy section at our local Wal-mart as we always do when shopping at Wal-mart. We found some great items for under $5 to help restock our diminishing gift box. We picked up some art projects, holiday and birthday gifts, and a few household items. […]
Today we celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday when the boys and I pulled out a handful of the Dr. Seuss books to read. Some of our books are older because they are from Tim’s childhood collection. Some we picked up from library sales, and some have been bought or given to us a gifts. The boys […]