Archive for October, 2010:


school recap, week 9: the “all hallow’s eve” edition!

i hope to recap each or at least every other week of school this year so i have a better record of things we’ve done. pictures at the end of the post!  want to read more weekly wrap-ups of other homeschooling families?  check out Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers every Friday! we love halloween in our family. i

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owls! (again)

our owl family was “featured” on the frugal family fun blog!  i’m so honored.

school week 8, recap

i hope to recap each or at least every other week of school this year so i have a better record of things we’ve done. pictures at the end of the post!  want to read more weekly wrap-ups of other homeschooling families?  check out See Jamie Blog today! two full months under our belts already!

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school week 7, recap

the leaves are so beautiful right now – we are definitely in peak season in western pennsylvania! the animals appreciate the cooler temperatures – what with all that wool on their backs and flies in their face all summer! we took advantage of the sun yesterday and planted wheat!  the students who went on the

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our owl family

i got crafty yesterday. i had to make a few prototypes of corn husk dolls for our homeschool co-op class next week, and adam wanted to paint. i remembered that i saw a great craft earlier that morning on a crafting blog, so i got him the brushes, the crayola paint (my favorite) and the

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the smell of fire upon me

the boys and i spent the day with 30 other students (and their parents) at a local conservancy that was “established for the purpose of providing an environmental and cultural education center for the community.” our field trip was led by a local historian who provided our group an incredible hands-on learning experience. in our

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i gave in…

Published by in Uncategorized on October 9th, 2010

i normally dont’ splurge on fall decorations because i think they’re overpriced even though they’re beautiful. i hope to have planted mums in our front yard eventually, and grow our own gourds and pumpkins everywhere. eventually… our local farmer is selling mums for $5.00 a pot. that’s the cheapest i’ve seen in years, so i

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school week 6, recap

i know this blog has turned into a homeschooling blog. it morphed into it naturally because it’s pretty much what i think and breathe on a daily basis. if it’s not our family lessons i’m planning, i’m thinking about our homeschooling group’s field trips and co-op classes. our homeschool group started a teaching cooperative this

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what we learned the week mama was sick

(i was away for the weekend, so didn’t get around to posting last week’s recap until today!) i went to bed last monday night with a sore throat, and woke tuesday morning with a sore throat and fever. after seeing kenny off for work, i crawled back in bed and waited for an hour and

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