Our homeschooling and home building story.
We've been working hard! We had to get the interior all ready for the drywall to be installed. So we were spraying foam insulation on the downstairs ceiling, and stuffing insulation in gaps in the walls and marking the studs. Now the drywall is in but still needs to be inspected and then taped and... Continue Reading →
We started easing into our school year at the beginning of August. Here we are in September so I thought I'd share some of what we did. Cas' core is My Father's World Kindergarten. It has themes that go for about a week and a half based around a letter...after the intro theme which is... Continue Reading →
This year Cas will be in Kindergarten and Ari will be in 4th grade. I gave them both some choices in what curriculum they wanted to do this year. The subjects we will all do together are Bible, Science, some Social Studies, music, art, Spanish, health and nature study. I am also teaching 2 hours... Continue Reading →
Progress has been happening! This last month after all our trips, we've been spending a lot of time at the house. The kids have learned to saw through a 2x4 with a hand saw, and to put gold coat around a door or window frame, and to use an electric screwdriver, and to drive an... Continue Reading →
Sharing cucumbers Staying cool My butterflies! Science Kit Last swim lesson Tortoise Giant bunny Feeding rays Ray tunnel Meeting a capybara 1st time bowling! They love it! Creek time is Play time Dress up time! Our Chocolate bunny Bunny playtime Feeding fish Summer comes to an end too soon. We've packed it full! The kids... Continue Reading →
For as long as I can remember I've gone backpacking every summer until I had kids. We were going to take them last summer but then things went crazy with our house and we canceled. So I finally got back to the Marbles this summer. My parents and brothers came too. We went to Campbell... Continue Reading →
We celebrated our first Independence day in Ashland since before the fire! Cas didn't remember having celebrated there before and Ari struggled to remember much of it so they enjoyed being able to celebrate again. We had excellent weather. It sprinkled on us so we weren't too hot. We did the 2 mile fun run,... Continue Reading →
Last day and the longest day. Special road trip activity of the day...a road sign scavenger hunt. Ari was not interested, Cas got really into it. They also continued to take turns nicely on the switch and iPad and shared grandma and used their kindles. Before we left the hotel...Cas discovered the phones...they have no... Continue Reading →
So we're making the trip back in 2 days instead of 3 which means longer days on the road. Thankfully the kids are troopers and...they each just got a new switch game for their birthday so they're happily taking turns with the switch. Their new road trip toy is...grandma! She wasn't on the road trip... Continue Reading →
Colorado Road Trip Day 7. Happy Sabbath! Today we had planned to meet up with some of my second sister's friends who have kids and explore Red Rocks but she got sick so...we went to Dinosaur Ridge instead. Dinosaur Ridge was a great Sabbath hike. It was paved so grandma could go in her wheel... Continue Reading →
Returning to Paradise 