Today was the first annual Learn Nothing Day The boys thought it was funny, and were looking forward to playing with the idea and seeing if they actually *could* learn nothing, even for a minute. We were up for approximately 23 minutes before they asked me where New Zealand was. We’d chatted with someone from …
Monthly Archive: July 2008
Jul 16
This is supposed to be funny…
Someone posted this picture on one of my homeschooling lists. I think it’s supposed to be a joke, but I don’t think it’s funny. I actually think it’s pretty sad, if that’s how other homeschoolers view the year, and is thankfully not at all like life in this homeschooler’s house! A new blog is coming …
Jul 03
A Boy and his Tumbleweed
We had a major wind and dust storm the night before last. Paxton caught a tumbleweed and brought it inside to show us. Yes, there are actually tumbleweeds blowing down the city streets of Phoenix sometimes. I love Arizona.
Jul 03
Woody Molting
I woke up yesterday morning to find that the tarantula, Woody, was lying still as could be on her back. Thankfully I knew that 1) Despite the appearance to the contrary, she was not dead; and 2) she was getting ready to molt. She’d not yet molted in the year that we’d had her, so …
Jul 01
Swimming boys
The boys have had two swimming lessons now – the third is tomorrow – and they are going SO well!! I can’t say enough good things about their instructor, Helen. It was such a blessing that my sister happened to run into her, and that she is doing private lessons now. Here they are, loving …
Jul 01
Yaya comes to visit
Somehow, when I wasn’t looking, it turned into July. Tegan is over 4 months old, Paxton will be 8 soon, and we’re all just trying to keep up with the suddenly furious pace of summer. I’m at 6 weeks past my surgery now, and feeling good. Mostly. I say “mostly” because things are still working …
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