Ready, Aim, Fire Your Snowball!
The boys were outside playing in the snow.
Thump. Thump.
Ready, Aim, Fire Your Snowballs… just not at the windows (or glass door)!
The boys were outside playing in the snow.
Thump. Thump.
Ready, Aim, Fire Your Snowballs… just not at the windows (or glass door)!
To School or Not to School on Snow Days… that is the question! With snow and ice blanketing a good portion of the North, the homeschooling community is a-buzz with questions about schooling on snow days. Does your homeschool close when the public schools close? Do you school business-as-usual on snow days? Do you school…
Ryan and Connor are trying out cross country running this Fall. They ran in their first race this weekend. Ryan ran a 3K. Connor ran… ummm, walked… ummm, dallied along… a 2K… until the very end when the cheering crowd finally convinced him to pick up the pace and run, allowing us to get one…
What is he doing? Is he standing on the car? Get down, Ryan! Just kiddin’, Mom!
After three hours in 100 degree heat picking peaches and raspberries, we were ready to cool off in the neighborhood pool. But just as we had the cool, clear water of the pool in our sights, we were approached by one of the lifeguards: “Pool’s closed,” he said. “What?” we mumbled in disbelief. “We…
In today’s world of television, computer games, organized sports, and over-scheduled time, I often find myself longing for the “good-old days” for my boys: for unsupervised outdoor play, for wanderings in the woods, tadpole catching in a stream, and care-free summer days. My summers as a child were filled with outdoor fun from morning until…
Ryan ran into the bedroom this morning to inform us the radio had just announced that “All Fairfax County Public Schools and Cornerstone Schoolhouse are closed due to the snow!” Patrick informed Ryan that since Cornerstone Schoolhouse is located in our basement and requires only a short walk downstairs, where there is indeed no snow,…