Monthly Archives: December 2011

Aimee’s Favorite Things

My name is Jennifer.  I’m kind of a sap for Christmastime and the festivities that go along with it.  Making cookies sounded like a really fun Christmas activity so I really wanted to spend a day doing that with my … Continue reading

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MOTH 4

In MOTH 3 I shared how we trained the boys in the use of the ChorePacks.  Now to the fun part! We had these fun, simple to use tools to help the boys get through their thirty-minute chore session but I knew … Continue reading

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MOTH 3

I read MOTC as soon as I finished MOTH.  What I am about to share is not a negative opinion of the book, but I do want to share my thoughts about it.  I feel the authors spent a huge … Continue reading

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MOTH 2

Purple, Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow.  What in the world am I referring to?  The color-coded goodness that is my new schedule!  I followed the steps and am thrilled with the results. I’m doing two major home-life upgrades simultaneously; schedules … Continue reading

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Bakery Field Trip

Our Wiesbaden Homeschool Group (WATCH – Wiesbaden Area Teachers of Children at Home) offers a lot of fun activities.  This December we were able to go on a field trip to the bakery that supplies bread to all of the … Continue reading

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Wiesbaden and Rothenburg Markts

Wiesbaden Twinkling Star Market The Joneses and the Hamricks experienced three markets this Christmas season and each time the Hill family decided not to join us. We were certain they were trying to avoid us and we did our best … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas

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Rϋdesheim Christkindlmarkt

I really don’t need to add a lot of words to these pictures.  Let me just say:    I LIVE HERE!!!   This place is so pretty!!!                  

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MOTH 1

I am going to start journaling my experiences with Managers of Their Homes from today on.  I’ll begin by giving the briefest of explanations so that those who don’t really want to read about MOTH can just bow out entirely. … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving 2011

The past two years I’ve really had a blast enjoying Fall and the excitement leading up to Thanksgiving. We had quite a few people over to eat (and eat and eat) and enjoyed some fun games after the food had … Continue reading

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