Category Archives: homeschooling
Last Day of School!
Finally! We try to end our school year by May 4th, Hayden’s birthday, but with four weeks of vacation that started on April 25th, we are a bit later than usual. Regardless, today is IT! The last day of our sixth year … Continue reading
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It’s that time of year again…
Not the time to plan for a Thanksgiving feast or put up a Christmas tree, though I miss that time of year during any month those activities are not on the agenda. It’s testing time. I wrote last year about … Continue reading
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Jewish Memorial Walk – Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden has an organization dedicated German-Jewish history. In 1993 Gunter Demnig began placing bronze squares in front of homes Jews were forced to leave during Nazi rule. They’re called, Stumbling Stones, or Stolperstein, in German. Demnig manufactures a concrete … Continue reading
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Making their dad proud…
The bigs had their first tennis lessons on Wednesday. Oh, how proud Matt is that they’re finally taking up a sport he understands and loves. He isn’t much of a soccer fan but has watched and coached the boys like … Continue reading
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Carson’s Second Piano Recital
Carson is still loving his piano lessons and when I asked him how he liked his recent piano recital he said, “That was fun!” I think having one under his belt made this one less intimidating. The fact that it … Continue reading
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Boys and manners?
I had a friend ask me today for tips and ideas she could use while teaching her boys manners. Formal table manners, to be specific. I’m slack and never taught my boys formal table manners, but it was a fun … Continue reading
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Candy Bomber
With a little hesitation I woke Parker only one hour into his nap praying that the event we were heading to was going to go smoothly though he usually gets a three hour nap each day. I cheated and let … Continue reading
From Amsterdam to Haarlem
On our second and final morning in Amsterdam we didn’t hesitate to go back to delifrance. I knew it was going to be a good day when I walked in and one of Celine Dion’s French albums was playing over … Continue reading
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Amsterdam – A Full Day
7 March – Wednesday This was the day we were in Amsterdam for. We woke up early enough to go to a local bakery for breakfast, seeing as how all of our breakfast stuff was locked in our car which … Continue reading
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Bringing History to Life
We took this trip for one main reason: to turn history into reality. Living here gives us a chance to see many things for ourselves, but we are even more excited for our boys to have the chance to see … Continue reading
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