Today is Vimy Ridge Day. I’ve never been a history buff but am slowly getting better with history and it’s something I want my kids to learn and be interested in.
Today we’ll be reading this book and watching this short video and if they are interested we’ll also watch this one.
Yesterday Raeca decided she wanted to make a diaper for her oldest-very-loved-chronically-dirty-one-eye-is-always-half-closed-floppy-necked-because-I-removed-the-noise-device-years-ago doll, “Susie”. A quick search on Pinterest lead us to this simple DIY and pattern and then a quick trip to Dollar Tree for some supplies and a short while later she had two diapers and a few baby wipes for Susie. I…
With the coming of spring comes lots of bike riding, checking out the BMX track and skate park and on days like today, unintentionally meeting homeschool friends at the playground! The mornings are still on the chilly side which makes the afternoons our current preferred time to be outside. We also played some basketball and…
This week we are continuing with Redwall at lunch. The kids are both really enjoying it. We are going through a little slower than normal because it is on discs from the library instead of an online audiobook so we aren’t listening while we are driving/doing errands like we normally do (we’ve been listening to…
Here’s one way we are teaching the kids some more modern history. š Yesterday we were at a youth orchestra performance and they played a song that Kermit sings, possibly Rainbow Connection, I honestly didn’t recognize the song (and now don’t remember) but I asked my kids if either of them knew who Kermit the…
Twice a year there is a large library book sale near me. They have books upon books upon books. Obviously I make sure my schedule allows me to go. Sadly, I was disappointed this year. Previously I had been able to get six books for $1, this year they upped the price to $1/book for…
We got a great and diverse haul from the library today. Some we’ve had before, some are new-to-us and some we’ve already started diving into!