Our homeschooling and home building story.
Things are winding down around here. This week was finals week for Caleb so he didn't have as much preparing to do. He did have a two-day social distanced teacher caravan to visit every academy student's home to deliver yearbooks and treats and well wishes. We joined him on the first day. Graduation is this... Continue Reading →
I don't know about the rest of you, but my heart hurts. I cried a lot this week. So much suffering in the world from covid, from the ongoing effects of racism, from brutality, from riots, and my own, fair less important, personal struggles...from canceled musicals and contracts that are unfair to women who have... Continue Reading →
Ari's last day with the charter school for the year was Friday so she is officially done. However, we will continue with our school routine until daddy is done at his school. I just don't have to keep my running log of all the learning we accomplish for the day and we've finished a bunch... Continue Reading →
This week started with a nice Mother's Day. They let me sleep in and then went out to pick me a bouquet of flowers while I got to read in peace for a few minutes and they made me a nice card and waffles for breakfast and then Ari and her dad cleaned the bathrooms... Continue Reading →
This week brought a lot of fun. We went up to our property on Sunday to check out the work by the arborist. Our 2 surviving trees are now well pruned and we enjoyed seeing all the little wildflowers and our irises blooming. The next day was Caleb's birthday and we went to the irrigation... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Returning to Paradise 