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Family Life

At the end of the day.

January 23, 2012

What’s happening in the Sierra’s? Mom: I have had 2 interviews thus far with 3 more to go for an awesome job opportunity in the Homeschooling field. I would love to share more but if I get it you’ll be the first to know. I am no longer the Board President for our preschool co-op [...]

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A slow start.

January 5, 2012

It has been a slow start into the New Year here at our house. J’s homeschool does not officially start until the 9th, and L’s preschool does not kick off our new curriculum until the 9th. Which means it is slow moving around here. Just this morning for the first time all vacation we all [...]

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Keep Moving Forward

January 4, 2012

I don’t know why this did not post on Monday but here is my post from Monday.   “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” (Walt Disney)   Did you really think I would miss the opportunity to post on [...]

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On the fence…

November 14, 2011

I’m on the fence with homeschooling this week more then ever before. I spend so much of my time disciplining my son for this thing and that thing that we rarely ever have fun with school. I am beginning to dread the time we have to take for Math and Phonics, but he and I [...]

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Today’s musings.

November 8, 2011

My mother-in-law had the kids over night last night, which was a wonderful surprise. Fireman and I had a potluck to go to with our bible study, and it’s always fun not to have to get an extra plate or have to cut up meat. Instead we were relaxed and let everyone else attend to [...]

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Homeschooling the Classical way.

October 10, 2011

Here at our house J, my 6 year old is in his first year of Classical Conversations. Classical Conversations is based on the classical approach to learning combined with a biblical worldview. The classical model divides learning into three stages: 1) the grammar stage which is the introduction of memorizing facts, 2) the dialectic stage [...]

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My life this week…

October 8, 2011

In my life this week: I have had a week of roller-coasters, with some being gentle and rolling and others making me want to throw up. With the addition of Classical Conversations these past 3 weeks J has not been excited to do anything school related, so its been a battle of the wills most [...]

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Look what I found…

September 26, 2011

I was looking through some of my iphoto pictures and came across some of my favorites that I wanted to share.      

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Our family grew.

September 1, 2011

Yesterday we welcomed a furry new addition into our home. Her name is Lucy, a 6 week old puppy mutt. She was given to us free, however after going to the pet store she was definitely not free. We needed dog food, a collar, a crate, shampoo, and of course a dog toy. When we [...]

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I want to eat!

August 29, 2011

I LOVE FOOD! I love all varieties, spices, smells, and memories that are associated with food. For so many years I enjoyed making new recipes and going to new restaurants, but after kids came my diet cycle. There was a time in my life where I ate because I loved it, and I worked out [...]

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