How full of the creative genius is the air in which these are generated!I should hardly admire more if real stars fell and lodged on my coat.”–Henry David Thoreau, 1856 It’s snowing today! YEA! The above picture was taken at 9:16 a.m. Then, I started on this blog entry, gave …

Josh has been taking drum lessons for 2 years now, but his progress has been hampered by not enough cymbals. REALLY? ACK! I was barely able to tolerate the noise level with only one cymbal and the rest of the drum kit. He was ready to start back to lessons …

For the non-homeschooling moms that read my blog, please don’t take offense, but I have to admit that I sometimes get a little jealous this time of the year when I’ve spent all summer catching up on things that didn’t get done during the school year, preparing for next year’s …

This spring our homeschool co-op brought in Missoula Children’s Theater to put on a theater week for the kids in our co-op. It’s always an awesome experience. I’ve played in over a dozen now and never tire of it. This year Emily was cast as one of the main characters …

We’ve watched quite a few zoology type movies this fall. I’m not sure if I want to recommend this one or not. We LOVED the close up photography, but the boys were quite grossed out over some of the animals “hugging” each other!!! Here’s the excerpt from the Blockbuster website: …

Winged Migration is a movie we recently watched that ties in with our zoology studies this year. It’s not good when I get my subjects mixed up (LOL).. you know my aging brain gets things mixed up once in awhile. Here is a mom quote that happened while we were …

We’ve watched a few movies that tie in with our Zoology studies this year. Here is the excerpt from the Netflix website regarding the most recent one we’ve watched. Filled with extraordinary wildlife photography and beautiful birdsongs, this scenic and fascinating nature documentary will help bird lovers improve their ability …

My fellow homeschooling friends will already know that I really don’t like to check books out from the library. I have a long list of reasons why I don’t like to read library books, but I’ll spare you the list and only mention one here. It sort of like our …

Yep. Ready or not school has started. Nathan decided he wanted to learn how to write his name before he starts our co-op Kindergarten next week! So, here we are. He’s working on writing his name while I reorganize the recipe box that fell over… ugh…. I think I’ll need …

Josh’s cousin, Zach, wanted to stay the night at our house when he found out we were getting up in the middle of the night to watch the meteor shower. I was given STRICT instructions to NOT wake up Amanda this time – she is FINISHED with “school.” (LOL). I …