Our three second graders, { J, O & S}, have been working pretty hard in math, lately.  They were getting stuck on a particular concept, and so taking advantage of the perks of home schooling, we didn’t move on in their workbooks until they ‘got it’.  We had some extra long math classes even, working on that concept.  So I decided we needed a little FUN with math… (READ MORE......) | 5 Comments

Last March I blogged about our then 3 six year olds reading their first chapter book, Nicholas – A Massachusetts Tale. Since then, they have continued to do lots and lots of reading, in the forms of shorter books, magazines, game directions, and what books their big sister has had in her gigantic collection for their age.   Since March though, our library trips have consisted… (READ MORE......) | 6 Comments

We recently took a day off from school and work, to enjoy the fall season and have a field trip.  The real perk for this trip, was we were first meeting up with my brother, and the kids Uncle Brian!  He was coming too,  to spend the day with us!

We all headed to… (READ MORE......) | 6 Comments

On Tuesday, we celebrated Michaelmas, and studied this Feast Day for school.  For anyone who may not know, Sept. 29 has been the feast day established by the Roman Church, to celebrate St. Michael the Archangel, since the  the 15th century. Although, Archangels Gabriel and Raphael were added to be acknowledged on this day as well… (READ MORE......) | 2 Comments

If you’ve been following along with us, you’ll know that this day is one we waited for. (And waited, and waited..).   If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you can read the posts down below this one, because I’m done talking about it. lol. (No offense).

Needless to say, there was a LOT of excitement about beginning our new official school year!  Getting… (READ MORE......) | 8 Comments

See latest update at bottom of this post.

9/14:  Guess what we got today via USPS?

And EMPTY BOX!!

I am not even kidding!  A box, from the place we ordered, with NOTHING in it.

The mailman thinks the box must have opened in Springfield, MA—and they didn’t know what was in the box, and so they just sent the box so we would… (READ MORE......) | 2 Comments

If ANYONE can believe it, we are not officially ‘Back To School’ yet. I can’t even believe it myself! Yes, we home school. Yes, we keep our own schedules and do as we please, when we please to do it. But, it would please us ALL, to be Back To School, by now!

The… (READ MORE......) | 7 Comments

{A} usually posts on her own about her chipmunks.  But I’m doing it for her this time, and I think you’ll understand why by the end.

For any of our new blog visitors, you may not be aware that {A} has been hand-taming chipmunks since she was about 9 years old.  She’s blogged about… (READ MORE......) | 6 Comments

When I was out shopping for {A}’s birthday, and found those great cookbooks on the bargain shelves at Border’s Book Store, I also scored this HUGE wild animal book.  {O} was with me shopping that day, and she spotted it first.  She said “Mama, LOOK at this BIG giraffe book!  You love giraffes!”  I do….I really… (READ MORE......) | 2 Comments

(Tucker – The Turtle)

Being the last day of VBS, I left my camera home, because this is the day that I work for all week.  I take all of the photos I have compiled all week, and put together a slide show for the kids and their parents at the closing of this… (READ MORE......) | 3 Comments