tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218822772012-01-25T09:35:52.930-05:00The view from inside our unschooling familyLove 2B Homeschoolershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515435420359722580noreply@blogger.comBlogger2531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-27497789669945202542011-01-27T10:21:00.015-05:002011-01-27T10:54:18.979-05:00

Really, I've had quite enough snow. Fourteen inches last night over the many, many, we've already had this month.Here is my poor dog Luna, trying to go to the bathroom. She couldn't see the steps of the deck, so she went right on it. (Click the photos to see them larger.)We have to get outside somehow to refill the bird feeders. The squirrels are thrilled because they can just leap right up

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Last night the boys had their best friends sleep over.Recognize them?Usually I'm a big fan of irony.

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Every week the boys get one dollar for each year of their age for allowance. Ten percent comes straight off the top for charity. Then the rest is cut in half between savings and spending money.In the past, we've taken construction paper mittens off the Christmas tree at our library, and used the boys' charity money to purchase the gifts requested on them. They have always enjoyed shopping for

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Every year Grandma (my mom) keeps getting more into the whole gingerbread thing. I don't know how she's going to top this next year.She, my 2 “B” homeschoolers, and my sister, worked quite hard on this for the two days before Xmas. Two gingerbread trains with a licorice train track, a gingerbread house, a Rice Krispie house, ice-cream cone trees covered in frosting and sprinkles or shredded

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(Remember to click on the photos to see them larger.)Last week was so great that I don't want to miss blogging about it. B is finally getting some of his energy back after finishing chemo a few weeks ago, and is jumping right back into life.Sunday we went to Mixville Park for some fishing and other fun. Luna got her first slide experience, and everyone (except the sane one - me) actually dipped

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We had a fun time down in New Haven today with our “new improved” playgroup. Today all the kids hung out together instead of separating the younger ones. The boys both had a great time. And I did too. I have not been getting enough grown-up time lately, and my visit with J was very enjoyable. I really look forward to B coming out of his bubble and talking to me again.I forgot to take pictures :-(

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We went to playgroup today. I understood that the family who has not been respecting our boundaries, and their entourage, would not be there today. Wrong.It's really a bummer that we have been forced out of yet another group by someone who keeps forcing herself into my life and simply refuses to leave me alone. Especially because the indoor location for this winter is just 10 minutes over in the

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The boys are taking nature classes at Great Hollow through a YMCA. It's an all-day thing every Friday (from 9 till 3). Here's a photo of the group heading out this morning.The Great Hollow Homeschool coordinator writes a blog, so I'm just going to copy what it says our class has been doing:"In plant class we are working on a very practical level, with our focus on conservation. Components of this

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We left our Wednesday playgroup and are thrilled that all of our friends have arranged to meet once a week with us on another day. We are so blessed to have created friendships with them that they are willing to work to keep. The tweens are meeting at one house, while their siblings are meeting at someone else's (who happens to live within walking distance of the first). Here's a photo of the

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...is offering free admission for the next couple of weeks, so we had to take advantage of that. The boys had such a good time with their friend RP at Chuck E. Cheese's the other day, that we decided to invite him to join us again today.Everyone had a fun day.

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My brother gave us our dog. Honestly, I'm really not a dog person, and could still return her without looking back. And it really annoys me that I have to be the alpha. Really. But the boys adore her and feel she is part of the family. Even if it means we can't go anywhere for more than about four hours or so, since I can't feel good about leaving her in her crate much longer than that.Luna is

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Thought I'd give this another try. Again. And that I'd open it up to the general public. Again. We'll see where it goes. And who reads. And who stalks. And if I care.E found Chuck E. Cheese's coupons in the newspaper at my dad's house. Normally I steer clear of that place, but I thought it would be fun if we went and they each invited one of their friends. We've needed some distraction from the

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Soccer season ended for E. He loved his team and is bummed that it's over for the summer.R is still playing for another weekend, and also gets to add golf to his list of sports. He is on a golf team now. I love that they make the kids dress up. He didn't even mind the nice pants...I think he realized how handsome he looked.

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E's birthday party was a week late this year. We had to have it on a weekend since so many of his friends go to school now. It was nice too, because we were able to invite our families. My mother came down and spent a couple of days, and my dad canceled plans to be here.The boys were disappointed that Uncle M couldn't make it, because two of his three kids was sick. E was really bummed that none

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We headed up to Maine this year. I usually avoid my mother's enormous family around holiday time, but I was feeling like B needed the break from home, and my mom dotes over him to his great satisfaction. Plus it's a really cool place to be to feel the summer's potential.We had a fantastic Saturday playing with my three-year-old nephew, M. He's been slow to blossom and it was really nice to see

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"My Man"Wordless Wednesday is a meme. For me, it is the day when I present a photo of our lives without explanation (other than a title for the photo).The blogroll of others who are participating can be found here. Spend a few minutes looking at some really great photos!

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Life is moving along...April ended with zoo class at the Beardsley Zoo. The younger class did an obstacle course to help learn about habitats, and it looked so much fun to the older kids that a few of them hung around after class to give it a try. They had a great time.May started with friends being kind enough to help out with a few things. B is prohibited from lifting things over 5 pounds so

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It's so hard to believe that April is over. It was a busy and memorable month for us. I've been taking lots of photos.E had a good time with the surgeon "costume" I brought home from the hospital for him. Couldn't find his stethoscope in the mess of his costume drawer though:The week of B's surgery was one of the most challenging of my life. We were thrilled that the dot which had been placed on

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Hate to title it that way, but that's how it will forever stick in my mind. Fine though, because it was a good one. A really good one.Monday started at the Coco Key Water Resort; a small water park in a hotel right next door in Waterbury. A homeschooler set up the trip, which I was so happy about, since it is right next door and the boys had been asking to go. We saved a lot of money by going

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This week E learned how to make egg salad. He always liked using the egg slicer, but can now also peel the eggs, mash them, and mix it all up. Yum!We've been worrying about one of the squirrels we feed. He broke his right leg and his left eye is all cloudy. (Remember, you can click the photos to see them larger.) He seems to be getting a little more energetic every day, but it probably won't last

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We started out at our co-op classes at Green Street today. R is taking an Electronics class and E is taking Music Appreciation. From there we stopped at McDonald's for lunch, since I can never seem to get myself together early enough in the morning to make lunch at home. From McDonald's we went down to New Haven to playgroup. The boys are happy I signed them up only for early classes at Green

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This morning found me up at 7am. That in itself is noteworthy. I got up to put the corned beef into the crockpot. Corned beef. Ew. B loves the stuff, but I think it's gross. This is the first year I made it. He was so happy to see me preparing it that he went to the store and brought me home a green carnation before going to work. I didn't wear it though because I didn't want it to get

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We had a difficult night last night. R threw up in his bed at 11pm. E made it to the bathroom around 2, and then they were both up at least three more times each until they got up a little after 7. Luckily they all let me continue to sleep till 10, or I would've been dead. All three of my men are blaming it on lunch at Nardelli's, but it just doesn't compute for me. Nevertheless, they are all

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“Mom, how come if you kill someone here it's called murder, but if you kill someone in another country they call you a hero?”

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I'm so happy that in the midst of all the stress I am feeling, that I can still slow down enough to live in the moment of a beautiful spring day.I started out with an episode of The Waltons, which always mellows me. For lunch we went to Nardelli's in Naugatuck. We had actually seen the place featured on a program on The Travel Channel and have wanted to go ever since. Sometimes it really bothers

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Yesterday were were driving along listening to the radio, and E comes out with:"Why did he shoot the sheriff? He's just going to have to go to jail."

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Lots of planning for our vacation around here; reading books, looking at websites, making reservations, and planning our itinerary. R says he is tired of the snow, but he still goes out to play now as much as he does in the summer. The snow this year has been obnoxious. B did not get season passes for skiing this year because the snow has been so bad the last few years. Now he is considering

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Wasn't sick this year - woo hoo! - so there was cookie making happening. We actually ran out of tins to store them in! Here's our cookie station:Crafts for gifts:A weekend visit to Maine for Grandma's annual craft day with the "boys of '97", as R refers to them, also included a visit with Uncle R (my brother) who brought a box of Halloween clearance finds, some of which he gave the boys. He was

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Friends came by to play in the snow.We went to see Bolt in 3D. This movie was exquisitely beautiful. I can't say much about the story, although the boys seemed entertained. I was too busy simply looking at it. It was so well directed and the use of the 3D aspect was not at all gimmicky. When watching it flat you would not likely be able to tell it had been made for 3D. I'm so glad we saw this.

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We started the day watching the parade on TV, and remembering how fun it had been to do it in person. The boys are happy to have seen it live, but also very much like it in a nice warm house in our pajamas.Nagy Papa came over for dinner. “The men” all enjoyed some baseball in the backyard while I had an easy going afternoon in the quiet kitchen. We enjoyed a viewing of White Christmas after

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Reveling in the pouring rain and bouncing on moon shoes. And singing.I stayed dry in the car while R was in his White Memorial class.

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MondayOur Fresh Air Fund friend has arrived. It looks to be a very fun week. M is extremely outgoing and absolutely charming. Once in our van he gave the boys a BIG hug.Tuesday and WednesdayA couple of weeks before M arrived, we sent him a letter with about a dozen photos of us doing things around the house. This way he could get an idea of the kinds of things we like to do. He seems to have

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We saw some fireworks in Waterbury. Nagy Papa came with us. Here are the boys watching from the top of the car. We really enjoyed the show and the boys went back and forth between the top of the car, and coming down to light sparklers during the show.The rest of the weekend was lazy for me. Other than a bunch of laundry I didn't do much but watch a lot of Waltons. B got a lot done though; he's

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We started at the Waterbury Mall watching The Bee Movie for free. Gotta love those free movies on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings! The boys don't care that we've seen most of them already; a movie in the theater is always a treat.Then we had planned to go to Mixville Park today with playgroup, but since it rained last night, it got canceled; people were too worried about bacteria, from goose poop

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I've been thinking a bit about what to do about his blog, about whether I should continue with it or not. I've been printing out old postings to put in a binder, more like a journal. I thought perhaps rather than writing here every evening, I'd print something out from a text editor and add a few photos into a quickie scrapbook type-thing. But as more time passes as I think about it, the more I

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This blog is a journal, pretty much; a way for me to record our daily lives so that I can see for myself that we really do get things done in our unschooling fashion. Plus, my family lives so far away that I've always thought of it as a way for them to peek in on what's going on in our lives. Especially for my mom.But last week we were up in Maine for a memorial service and there were over 30 of

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"Fun with Uncle Rob"Wordless Wednesday is a meme. For me, it is the day when I present a photo of our lives without explanation (other than a title for the photo).The blogroll of others who are participating can be found here. Spend a few minutes looking at some really great photos!

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"Ice-cream Smile"Wordless Wednesday is a meme. For me, it is the day when I present a photo of our lives without explanation (other than a title for the photo).The blogroll of others who are participating can be found here. Spend a few minutes looking at some really great photos!

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"Earning TV time"Wordless Wednesday is a meme. For me, it is the day when I present a photo of our lives without explanation (other than a title for the photo).The blogroll of others who are participating can be found here. Spend a few minutes looking at some really great photos!

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Today R and I went to see the Titanic exhibit at the Hartford Civic Center. His interest in the Titanic has not waned over the years, and he was thrilled when I asked if he wanted to go. They actually had a homeschool day where tickets were reduced for homeschoolers, and luckily B was able to take off today to keep E occupied. It was nice to have a day for just the two of us.I couldn't find much

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E: Hey Mom, I can count to 100 by 2's, wanna hear? 2, 4, 6, 8... 94, 96, 98, 100.Me: Nice job E, I didn't know you could do that.E: Wow, that really hurt my brain. There's a big hole in it now where I used it up.

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This morning found us at 9:30 at the Palace Theater in Waterbury to seeFrankly Ben: The Science of Achievement.From the Palace Theater website:Meet Benjamin Franklin - not the elder statesman - but Ben, the 15 year old, who is inquisitive, mischievous, and of course, inventive. Ben's first great idea is to form a club called Junto. But while Ben thinks his club is about hanging out and having fun

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"Learning to borrow"Wordless Wednesday is a meme. For me, it is the day when I present a photo of our lives without explanation (other than a title for the photo).The blogroll of others who are participating can be found here.

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Mother's Day was wonderful. Everyone got up early to make their cards since Saturday had been such a busy day and they couldn't get to them. (I had spent several hours alone at the Scholastic book sale – ahhh.) They brought me my cards and presents in bed.Every year each of my children paint a ceramic tile for me. I look forward to the day I have enough to surround a mirror with.I enjoyed a yummy

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We had no classes at White Memorial or The Beardsley Zoo, but we were happy to fill our Thursday learning about nature anyway, this time with our friends from playgroup. We learned about Insects and Arachnids with Ranger Wray at West Rock Nature Center. Ranger Wray is a really funny guy; R especially loved his sense of humor. He did a terrific job showing off all the animals in the nature center,

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R was much less selfish with his budget when he was in charge. We enjoyed Hometown Buffet for dinner, and hitting a bucket of balls during the afternoon. The boys will both be taking golf lessons this summer, as well as attending a week long golf camp, and are very excited about it.There was still lots of TV watching going on, and way too much junk food, but he did manage to get us vegetables,

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"Vacation means different things to different people"Wordless Wednesday is a meme. For me, it is the day when I present a photo of our lives without explanation (other than a title for the photo).The blogroll of others who are participating can be found here.

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tomorrow is R's day to be in charge:

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I've been spending time "journaling" about our vacation to the Smokies and expect to post that soon, but in the meantime I want to take a little time to catch up on this past week, since it involved some really good stuff.Monday we went to Homeschool Days at Old Sturbridge Village. We have a membership to the place, but have never participated in their HS days, which they have run about every

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I've been home from vacation for almost a week. I still have well over a hundred emails to sort through, piles of brochures and souvenir type stuff to clean up, photographs to get onto my computer, several phone calls to make...plus I need to blog about my vacation before I forget it all. (I'm like that.)I can't seem to scrounge up any enthusiasm for it. B had to remind me during our trip that I

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"Our Adventure"Learn more about Wordless Wednesday, and find the blogroll of others who are participating here.

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"And we're off..."Learn more about Wordless Wednesday, and find the blogroll of others who are participating here.

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Okay, so we are officially into the second week as I post this, but we've been so busy! So I'll just summarize some highlights of last week.Monday of last week was so long ago that I can't really remember what we did all day, since there is nothing on my calendar. The evening says "7:30 Senor Pancho's with L" though. I had a nice time visiting over margaritas with my friend.Tuesday morning we saw

Love 2B Homeschoolershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515435420359722580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-22871800485154529082008-04-03T09:59:00.001-04:002008-04-04T14:22:26.600-04:00

Carnival of Homeschooling #117, the April Fool's Day Edition has been published.I have an entry posted in this carnival. Check it out.What is a blog carnival?"A Blog Carnival is a particular kind of blog community. A Blog Carnival is like a magazine. It has a title, a topic, editors, contributors, and an audience. Editions of the carnival typically come out on a regular basis (e.g. every Monday,

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"Hey Mom, I made you a salad"Learn more about Wordless Wednesday, and find the blogroll of others who are participating here.

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I wish I had time to write every evening, but unfortunately it doesn't always work out that way. So this week I'll try to remember back...Monday we stayed home. Aahhh. I love staying home. I did an obscene amount of laundry and finally got my seeds into starter and under lights. I'm only doing flowers this year. I have zinnia, pansies, and carnations. I've been moving things around in the front

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"Old Mystic Seaport"Learn more about Wordless Wednesday, and find the blogroll of others who are participating here.

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E ran inside to ask, "Where is a short sleeve shirt so I can feel the nice day into my body?"

Love 2B Homeschoolershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515435420359722580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-31170537694565064722008-03-23T23:50:00.001-04:002008-03-26T00:33:51.751-04:00

This is the first year we've spent Easter home in quite a while. We didn't do anything spectacular, on Saturday just tidied up all our gardens around the house, but it was nice to just be home. The gardens look so neat now, and it is great to really appreciate all the crocus coming in. Plus we have hyacinth, daffodils, tulips and iris sprouting. I'm glad we got a jump on the outdoor spring

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Usually we go up to Maine for Easter with my mother's family. I looked in the archives, but it seems I've never blogged about it. Oh well, I do have the photos to show for it.Anyway we decided to stay home for Easter this year. The boys were disappointed, but after discovering that it was the activities they were going to miss, and not their cousins, we decided to recreate the activities here at

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While driving past a cemetery this evening...R: Mom and Dad, you both want to be burned when you die, right?Me: Yes, I want to be cremated.B: Well I haven't really decided yet.E: I want to know if there is a way to give my heart to someone else who needs it when I die. You know, if there is someone whose heart doesn't work good, can I give them mine? Can we find out about that?

Love 2B Homeschoolershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515435420359722580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-35571776831862161282008-03-19T21:01:00.003-04:002008-03-18T21:35:24.800-04:00

"Green Eggs and Ham (Happy St. Patrick's Day)"Learn more about Wordless Wednesday, and find the blogroll of others who are participating here.

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Carnival of Homeschooling #115, the Oh, The Things That You'll Do! Edition has been published.I have an entry posted in this carnival. Check it out.What is a blog carnival?"A Blog Carnival is a particular kind of blog community. A Blog Carnival is like a magazine. It has a title, a topic, editors, contributors, and an audience. Editions of the carnival typically come out on a regular basis (e.g.

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"How Unschoolers Learn to Tell Time"Learn more about Wordless Wednesday, and find the blogroll of others who are participating here.

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Welcome to the party!I go by the name of Love 2B Homeschoolers; welcome to my digital scrapbook of sorts. There's a glimpse of me on the sidebar to your right, and a post which elaborates about me on my other blog, but this blog is about my family, so here I thought I'd elaborate about them. Then if you find that we are people you can relate to, you can stop by again.My husband B is a Computer

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"Melting Ice"Learn more about Wordless Wednesday, and find the blogroll of others who are participating here.

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A few photos from the past week...E and I read a book about magnifying glasses. It contained lots of "try this" things, and we had lots of fun seeing things up close, including our fingerprints, salt, the dots on newsprint and money. We also enjoyed learning how water is convex, and therefore makes things appear larger. Good stuff.I sometimes get bummed when the boys get presents which find their

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"A Dedicated Soccer Mom"Learn more about Wordless Wednesday, and find the blogroll of others who are participating here.

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Carnival of Homeschooling #113, the Political Parties of Our Government Edition has been published.What is a blog carnival?"A Blog Carnival is a particular kind of blog community. A Blog Carnival is like a magazine. It has a title, a topic, editors, contributors, and an audience. Editions of the carnival typically come out on a regular basis (e.g. every Monday, or on the first of the month).

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I just want to start by saying that every time we say "E, you are so weird" we get a huge smile in response. The boy is a comic and is constantly "on".E often sticks his head into one end of the pillow cover from one of the pillows which decorate my bed during the day, and lay on the floor overnight. Well this morning, he decided to slip his arms into the bottom half, and he got stuck. R and I

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"Something interesting"Learn more about Wordless Wednesday, and find the blogroll of others who are participating here.

Love 2B Homeschoolersnoreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-63196740011268316092008-02-19T09:00:00.002-05:002008-02-21T10:34:08.051-05:00

Carnival of Homeschooling #112, the One Room Schoolhouse edition, has been published at Homeschool Blog Awards.What is a blog carnival?"A Blog Carnival is a particular kind of blog community. A Blog Carnival is like a magazine. It has a title, a topic, editors, contributors, and an audience. Editions of the carnival typically come out on a regular basis (e.g. every Monday, or on the first of the

Love 2B Homeschoolersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-66727839867185715022008-02-18T23:14:00.000-05:002008-02-21T10:35:38.138-05:00

Today we had a visitor for the day. O's mom dropped him off at 8 am (yes, I was dressed, but only in sweats), and his dad picked him up at 4 pm. The boys all had a terrific time. They stayed busy the entire day, despite O's lamenting our not having a gaming system or broadcast TV.They kept busy with Lego Bionicles for quite a while. O had brought one of his, and all the boys enjoyed playing with

Love 2B Homeschoolershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03515435420359722580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-81652819660383479522008-02-17T16:59:00.014-05:002008-02-21T10:35:38.140-05:00

Friday was the day we had R's birthday party for his friends. We spent the entire day cleaning and decorating the house, making the cake, copying a compilation CD he had put together to send each one of his guests home with, and generally getting ready for the excitement.He chose a Spongebob pinata and a theme was born. I copied the design onto the cake, and we got streamers and loot bags all

Love 2B Homeschoolersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-66597451553103708752008-02-13T21:20:00.007-05:002008-02-21T10:35:38.141-05:00

Wednesdays are always so busy for us. We leave home about 11 am and get home around 7:30 pm: Library, AAA, McDonald's for lunch, dollar store for a Valentine's Day card for someone who needs one (all her old friends at playgroup signed it), playgroup, post office, Walmart (yes I'm ashamed every time I step foot in there), Staples, Wendy's for dinner, Thyme and Season for our milk, and E's soccer.

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"Kinesthetic Learning"I'm going to keep my Wordless Wednesdays more on topic here. Check out my other blog for the "artsy" stuff from now on.Learn more about Wordless Wednesday, and find the blogroll of others who are participating here.

Love 2B Homeschoolersnoreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-75386491391085122252008-02-09T19:40:00.000-05:002008-02-21T10:34:08.056-05:00

We arrived home from Florida on Wednesday evening and B took off from work on Thursday to celebrate R's birthday. The two of them went to get bagels and while at the grocery store picked up the cake R wanted to have for that evening. When they got home, he asked if he could make it himself, because he "likes to make things". He made completely alone!B made us all eggs and bacon and bagels for

Love 2B Homeschoolersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-28525218208584854682008-02-07T22:00:00.000-05:002008-02-21T10:34:08.057-05:00

I took our laptop on vacation with us, so I was able to write while I was away. So here's what happened during our vacation. Remember to click on the photos if you want to see them larger...Thursday, January 24thI am so glad I brought the laptop to Florida with us. This way I can write everything down and just transfer it over onto my blog when I get home. I also brought a USB flash drive, so

Love 2B Homeschoolersnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-28157146725357705282008-01-23T00:00:00.000-05:002008-02-21T10:34:08.058-05:00

"Ice Storm."Learn more about Wordless Wednesday, and find the blogroll of others who are participating here.We are heading away for vacation so I won't be allowing comments this week, since I won't be here to moderate them.

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for vacation! Tomorrow night we take off for West Palm Beach to visit Grandma (my mom) who has a condo down there, for two whole weeks. B will stay at home and save up his vacation time for something more "exciting", although two weeks in the sun is sounding mighty good to him now. Plus it will likely get lonely for him while we are away. I'm sure we will all miss him too, but at least we will be

Love 2B Homeschoolersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-37770843422701394972008-01-18T19:42:00.001-05:002008-03-03T20:38:08.981-05:00

The boys give me such a hard time when we stay home all day, and they spend a lot of time complaining that they have nothing to do. So I thought I'd present some of the "nothing" they were up to today. For those of you who are still somewhat new here, click on the photos to enlarge them.Making window clings.Cars.Blocks.Action Figures.Legos.Sequence, on top of a car town rug.A game Grandma and

Love 2B Homeschoolersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-8495785786209569572008-01-17T23:09:00.000-05:002008-02-21T10:34:08.063-05:00

The last couple of days we have been doing lots of running around. Yesterday we went to the library, picked up B's shoes at the repair shop, went to Kohls so I could use my 20% off everything coupon to buy myself some sneakers, exchanged the "boom box" E had bought himself at Walmart and which had mysteriously died after about a minute and a half of play time, bought fabric at JoAnn's for new

Love 2B Homeschoolersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-29021109386910816922008-01-16T00:00:00.000-05:002008-02-21T10:34:08.064-05:00

"It's time for sleds, anyway."Learn more about Wordless Wednesday, and find the blogroll of others who are participating here.

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We had a quiet day today; not too much fighting, no major meltdowns. Seems like that's the best I can ask for these days.I got a couple of loads of laundry done. The boys and I played some Blokus. E got upset that R always wins. But on the other hand I lost too, so he wasn't alone. Then they actually convinced me to put on my snow pants and sled down our hill a few times.We ran out to the post

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Well to the unenlightened, it might simply be an empty candy cane. You know; garbage.But to a seven year old boy it has been absolute treasure:A cane to bend over and walk withA gunA swordA conductor's wandA telescopeA Quidditch broomA megaphoneA guitarA banjoA trumpetA bass violinA microphone

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This morning when we woke up and saw the view out of our front window, E immediately asked if schools were closed."Yes", I answered."So can we invite E and A to come play in the snow with us?"E spoke to their dad on the phone, who said he'd drop them off about 12:30. The next question: "Can you please take me to the toy store to get Fred a present for this birthday?"So off we went to the toy

Love 2B Homeschoolersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-35677440804410086722008-01-13T23:30:00.000-05:002008-02-21T10:34:08.068-05:00

Thanks to the several of you who responded to my request for comments. Most of you seem to think it's my blog and I should just do whatever I want. One of you though, pointed out that I started this blog for myself, as a record of our daily unschooling activities, and that if I couldn't find time to blog on the other site, what made me think I'd be able to find time to do it here? Too true.

Love 2B Homeschoolersnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21882277.post-38535892135013058762008-01-10T12:32:00.000-05:002008-02-21T10:34:08.069-05:00

Okay my other blog is dead. I never post to it, and am going to let myself not think about it anymore. I really enjoy blogging and would like to do more than just a "what we do" diary, but can't commit to two separate blogs. So I'm thinking about sharing more than just events on this blog, and making it a place to share my thoughts as well.For a while my womyn's circle did something called a

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"Learning Math"Learn more about Wordless Wednesday, and find the blogroll of others who are participating here.

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Okay, so that's what it feels like, anyway. I tried to get on with things...Wednesday we went to The Children's Museum (formerly the Science Center) with some friends. E enjoyed making a giant bubble around him and his friends and R and I enjoyed controlling light intensity while looking through a window to combine our faces. They had an enjoyable couple of hours being out with friends in a

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"Incongruous"Learn more about Wordless Wednesday, and find the blogroll of others who are participating here.

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For the past several years we have hosted a few families for New Year's Eve fun. The kids have had a pajama party, danced around, eaten mini pizza bagels and other fun appetizers, and watched a movie, while the parents snacked and drank and played games down in the living room. We'd all gather together around the living room TV to watch the ball drop, and everyone would be on their way by 12:10

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Well, the holidays in this house really do begin with my birthday on December 19th. This year it was on a Wednesday and was the day my cold settled in. After a visit to Ikea for Nagy Papa's Christmas present, we came home and ordered grinders since I didn't have the energy for the restaurant we had planned on. I did manage to find some energy to play with my new ipod though.Thursday was a morning

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"A New Energy Expender"Learn more about Wordless Wednesday, and find the blogroll of others who are participating here.

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Well I've been sick for six days now; horrible, horrible, cold. Each night I go to bed hoping I'll wake up better, get only four or five hours of sleep because I can't breathe or my nose is running, and wake up with an all-new symptom to add to the collection. And Christmas is my favorite holiday.I've managed to enjoy much of it though, and certainly the boys are in heaven, so I will blog about

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I woke up on my birthday (Wednesday) with a horrible cold, which actually might be the flu, but either way four days later I still feel awful. I'll post something tomorrow, hopefully, or honestly, just whenever I feel like it.Woe is me :-(

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"Keeping Still"Loving the idea of Wordless Wednesday. Learn more about it, and find others who are participating here.Here is the blogroll for Wordless Wendesday (the list of blogs which participate)

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A friend called yesterday morning and asked if we were available that evening for a trip up to Old Sturbridge Village. They were having a Christmas in Candlelight event and I was so glad we could join them. So after the boys spent a full day of fun out with old friends, we picked up B early at work and stayed patient through a couple of setbacks which put us in at 1/2 hour late, and were happy to

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Grandma hosts two craft nights per year; one for all the girl cousins, who have been doing it for many years now, and for the past two years, one for the boys who were born in 1997 (and E, even though he's younger, because "he's my grandson"). So we headed up to Maine on Saturday after both boys' basketball was done, and arrived near bedtime.Sunday morning found us at a diner having breakfast

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