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The First Day of School
Today marked the first official day of our 2008-2009 homeschool year: Ryan’s first day of second grade and Connor’s first day of a modified PK/kindergarten curriculum. Our day went well. Ryan was ready to resume his Singapore Math lessons and after our field trip yesterday, was interested to read and learn more about butterflies during…
Hitchhikers
A giant zucchini is not all that managed to find its way into our car on the return trip from New Jersey. Meet the newest members of our family: Thomas and Samuel, the adorable sons of Uncle Jim’s cats Casey (aka Cassie) and Rosie. Thomas’ full name is Thomas-the-Tank-Engine Kitten; guess who picked that name?!…
Can you do this?
We joke that Thomas is a boneless cat; I’ve never seen a cat sleep like this.Have you?
Here Comes TROUBLE!
Thomas Kitten, whose name has become synonymous with TROUBLE, explores the Christmas tree, 3 feet off the ground. Isn’t it funny how pets begin to take on the characteristics of their owners. Here’s Connor at his fourth birthday party, three stories off the ground! Yes, those are third story windows behind him in the photo….
Made in Egypt: Pyramids
Our future engineer – or maybe, architect – hard at work In one day we managed to accomplish something that took thousands of Ancient Egyptians twenty years to do: we built a pyramid… actually two! Of course, our pyramids were not 200-foot tall structures built with 4,000 pound stone bricks, but six-inch high sugar cube…
In the Doghouse
Our first day of the 2008-2009 homeschool year went so well; our second day, well, it never actually got started. The day itself started well enough. We drove to the local elementary school to meet Ryan’s new speech teacher (he attends speech through the public school system for 30 minutes a week) and when…