Our homeschooling and home building story.
This is not the post I'd hoped to write today. We were scheduled to have our final inspection today. We had done everything our regular inspector said we needed to do and then he would pass us. He failed to mention that he isn't the person who does final inspections. He said that we could... Continue Reading →
We've been having fun around here! Kids earned more prizes with their read aloud challenge. They chose to camp out at the house over the weekend and to have a board game night. We've also been learning about insects. We made play doh insects, ate ladybug snacks, watched youtube videos on ants, sang the ants... Continue Reading →
Water water everywhere. It's the perfect week for studying water because we're getting lots of rain! We've studied the 3 phases of water, exploring liquid, solid and gas: water, ice and steam. We explored evaporation and absorption and saturation. We did watercolor painting and went out in the rain and felt it on our skin... Continue Reading →
The house project really messes with my resolutions...last couple of years they get thrown to the wayside when the house needs attention. Let's see how I did with last years resolutions... I did not finish or get to the NT going through the Bible with the Picture of God in All 66...I made it through... Continue Reading →
We spent a good portion of Christmas break working on our house. We worked on the kitchen sink and garbage disposal and the downstairs bathroom. We got the bathroom flooring and toilet completely finished and the downstairs sink almost finished. CalHers guy did his part and helped Caleb do our part. The electricians finished their... Continue Reading →
Went down to Sacramento to celebrate New Years with family. We played games, escaped from 2 escape rooms, went bowling and exchanged some presents. Ari got a kids smart watch so she can call and text those I’ve set as her contacts, hopefully a good next step in her tech education. There was also a... Continue Reading →
We had a wonderful early Christmas visiting family in Ashland! We played our instruments for church, went sledding and rock climbing, played games, and Santa obliged us by delivering our presents a week early! Good times! How was your Christmas?
Our Christmas school got sidelined this year by the flu. First Ari fell sick for 3 days, then Cas for 1 (he had had the flu shot), one glorious day when no one was sick (and Cas earned his blue ribbon at swimmin)...then Caleb was sick for 5 and just before he was better I... Continue Reading →
Christmas school! One of my favorite times of the school year! We've got the Christmas music playing, our Christmas tree is small this year, we got a potted one and put it on Cas' desk. It has been lit and decorated. We've started our daily quest for the Star from Afar and we're learning about... Continue Reading →
We've had a lot going on around here! We had 2 sets of friends from out of town come to visit. One for a day, and the other kids stayed with us for a long weekend. We also did a quick getaway to Monterey, to see the mission for Ari's California history and to see... Continue Reading →
Returning to Paradise 