Day 1 down . . . 179 to go!
Day 1 is down. I’m trying to take it all in stride – especially the part where I asked my young students what their favorite part of the day was. Two of them answered with…
Author: Kelly Dalgety
It’s all about the clothes, anyway!
So the night before our “back-to-school” day, there were some discussions about what outfits the kids would choose for their first day. Everyone knows that school itself is irrelevant, because the outfit is what matters…
What I’ve been doing this summer . . .
Are we there yet? The dog days of summer have arrived and set up camp here in the deep south. It’s hot. Really hot. And at least in this house, it’s making us all a…
Homeschooling 101 – unless there’s a 99 level class instead?
I have decided that homeschooling is like childbirth. If anyone could accurately describe the path a mother will take to bring these precious bundles of joy into the world, I wonder how many of us…
A new type of hero
The kids are all very proud of their uncle who is currently serving our country in the US Air Force. He was recently deployed, so we took the kids to the airport to see him…
Well the weather outside might be frightful (depending on where you live)
Spencer: Mom, I thought it was supposed to rain today. Mom: Well, it said “scattered” thunderstorms so maybe we just didn’t get any. Spencer: What does scattered mean? Mom: It means it rained somewhere else…
US History – small boy edition
Yesterday the kids were apparently acting out some mutated version of what Hanna has been learning about in US History. Working in the kitchen, I tried to listen in but all I could discern was…
Drug Week – it’s not just for kindergarteners anymore . . .
Thanks to “Drug Awareness Week” at our school, we’ve had ALL kinds of conversations with our elementary aged kids over the past 7 days driving me to re-evaluate my stance on the age at which…
Veggies – Pt. 2
Me: Ems, what does this note mean? (show small red-headed girl THIS plea for help) Ems: Well (squirming slightly as if recalling something unpleasant) it was a dream. (More hesitation) They were all being ….
Pixie Dust
There are definitely days when I wish I saw things more like my 7 year old! I will never see my pumpkin candle-holder quite the same way again thanks to the fact that for over…