Our homeschooling and home building story.
Another busy week around here and a fun one. Grandma was with us at the beginning of the week which was fun and we had busy days with school and play and keeping the house up and finally welcoming some rain. Cas discovered Ari's snap circuits and has really enjoyed all the different things he... Continue Reading →
Life continues to be incredibly busy and election week just added more stress to life but we made it through. We started the week with a trip up to our property to plant over 150 bulbs so that there will be some color come spring. We also did a family grocery trip for the first... Continue Reading →
I did two Reformation Days this week! One with my students at school. I introduced them to illuminated letters and manuscripts and stained glass and they drew an illuminated letter and made faux stained glass. I gave them snacks and we watched Torchlighters animated Martin Luther video. Then we did one for church kids here... Continue Reading →
This week was box week! The main box the kids worked on together was on the rainforest. Ari's Atlas crate was on Italy and Cas's Koala Crate was on dinosaurs and the Raddish crate was on Mexican food and was delish! As always, box week is a hit. Fun activities with zero prep for me... Continue Reading →
This week started off with a fun trip to a relatively local, large, pumpkin patch. They definitely were not managing covid guidelines well. They had lots of signage and we saw a few people with "free masks" and we saw rides being sanitized. But the place was very popular and crowded and most people were... Continue Reading →
This week went better. The blue sky and clean air helps a ton and we're all better adjusted to our latest schedule. We were able to go to the park multiple times and I was able to teach my students outside every day. We released our butterflies except for one that has a bent wing... Continue Reading →
The next section of our house building was supposed to start this week but...because we aren't building with wood...our wall panels are made in a factory and I guess the factory can only build one project at a time? The project that was before ours had some changes...and so wasn't finished on time...and so our... Continue Reading →
Had a new schedule again this week! No more zoom and online teaching. No more "tutoring" one group of kids and "teaching" a different group online. Now I get to be with the kids I'm teaching. That is really nice. However, the stress of 2020 has also piled up on me and I've cried this... Continue Reading →
This was a good week. We got into the swing of things and it felt like we'd adjusted to our schedule. Plus it was a box week which means lots of hands on activities. Our sibling box was on seahorses and was a blast. Ari's box was on Russia and she made a model of... Continue Reading →
It's been a good and fast week here. I am plenty busy and still adapting to all the things and it is good. The smoke left on Friday and I was soooo happy to see a clear blue sky again! Some haze returned on Sabbath but still not into unhealthy levels. I feel like almost... Continue Reading →
Returning to Paradise 