Our homeschooling and home building story.
April...is over. It went out tough. Ari stepped on a honey bee at the park on Sunday and got a lot of bee venom into her foot because she was scared to brush the bee off and it took a while for her dad to get across the field to her because he also had... Continue Reading →
Well, it's been another week of lockdown from Covid-19. How are you all holding up? I've had to do a lot of internal work to help myself understand where other people are coming from so that I don't judge and criticize them...and I think, overall, I'm a better person for it. Internal work is hard... Continue Reading →
My daughter is 6 and just finished AAS level 1. We have used AAR pre and level 1 and are 75% done with level 2. Those are all wonderful and my daughter loves them. This was our first year doing spelling. It was not my daughters favorite subject, however, I think the curriculum is good... Continue Reading →
Is it just me or does each week feel like a year right now? I sat down to write this post and was like...wow...was Easter just a week ago? I guess it was. This week has been a roller coaster ride. Easter was fun and had a pleasant surprise when some friends hid eggs in... Continue Reading →
This week was Ari's spring break so we took things easier. Focused a lot on learning about Easter and the events surrounding it, got outside as much as I could tolerate (spring allergy season took off this week and caught me off guard, I spent an entire afternoon miserable before getting it back under control),... Continue Reading →
So...since we're all stuck inside and such anyway...I stretched out our Easter learning for 2 weeks instead of one this year. It's always fun to mix things up. So this week we worked through Jesus last week before the crucifixion starting at the anointing of his feet by Mary Magdalene through his trial before Pilate.... Continue Reading →
Hey everyone! Easter is in two weeks! I know it's going to be a very different Easter for a lot of us since we are social distancing and doing school at home and such so I wanted to share a few resources we use for Easter. The first two I've used before and the third... Continue Reading →
So we received an invoice last week for our septic system and we were like...huh...has that been done? So we took a morning and drove up to our property and yes! We have a new septic system! Yay! Sad news, we didn't know they were doing it so we didn't save our grape vines, raspberries... Continue Reading →
This week was Daddy's spring break so we got to have him home all week and we cut back on school a bit to enjoy being with him. We slept in more, goofed off more, planted things and got up the hill to our property one day. We still did Reading, Math and Handwriting each... Continue Reading →
Like most of you, this last week was a bit tough. Having to "shelter in place" doesn't change my routine too much most days, just replaces the one day a week that we would go do things with friends. But the idea that I need to shelter in place still looms over my head. And... Continue Reading →
Returning to Paradise 