Posted in Random Ramblings on May 31st, 2007 4 Comments »
I haven’t written about these guys in awhile because I keep forgetting to take my camera to the barn. But today I took it, and so here are some shots of our big old pets. Time we gave them all 3 a good brushing. Here is Superboy with his horse, Tommy. He cleans up well! [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., JBug, montessori on May 31st, 2007 3 Comments »
So yesterday I sent Superboy and Modgirl on a mission to find tiny things that can be spelled with 3 letter words to use as matching objects for JBug’s word cards. They scurried around the house and I dug through junk drawers and we came up with these: And so just like that we had [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on May 31st, 2007 6 Comments »
I’m playing catch-up with a couple of memes here that have been sitting in my drafts folder for awhile. Here is a fun meme I picked up at Left of the Dial and the Cabbage Patch: Grab the nearest book. Open it to page 161. Find the fifth full sentence. Post the text of the [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on May 28th, 2007 14 Comments »
just how much I adore my son? Well, I do. LOTS. And I can find so many reasons why, but here is just one example: The other day I walked into the living room and was surprised to see Superboy, with needle and thread, sewing up a seam in the couch cushion. Apparently he had [...]
Posted in nature study, science on May 26th, 2007 11 Comments »
Well, we finally got around to getting our home-made seine net in the water! Pleased to say it worked very well! What a blast we had! We saw so many interesting fish, small and large, plus a few other cool things! Here are a few photos: Our first haul! These little guys were caught in [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on May 21st, 2007 No Comments »
You’re Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland! by Lewis Carroll After stumbling down the wrong turn in life, you’ve had your mind opened to a number of strange and curious things. As life grows curiouser and curiouser, you have to ask yourself what’s real and what’s the picture of illusion. Little is coming to your aid in [...]
Posted in science, Superboy's projects on May 20th, 2007 10 Comments »
Superboy had a great day friday, filled with science experiments. So mch I had to split it up into two posts!LOL! Did you see part 1? Well… Here is part2: the solar oven Here is his page with plan and notes from his geojournal: He set up his solar oven, tested and tweaked it, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 19th, 2007 8 Comments »
because I missed it somehow. Can someone please tell me when my baby girl… With the chubby cheeks… and the golden curls… and the missing front teeth… and the sunkissed skin… turned into an ANGEL… right before my eyes? Sometimes I look at her and I swear her feet are barely touching the ground. The [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on May 18th, 2007 12 Comments »
Superboy had an awesome day of science! So here is PART 1: Convection Currents: Working on his solar oven experiment inspired him to learn more about light and heat, which led to this experiment. Be sure to watch both videos! [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/f607kAPjMIQ" width="425" height="350"/] [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/nD5NHjdxRlY" width="425" height="350"/] So, do you think he has a [...]
Posted in Catholicism, JBug, montessori on May 17th, 2007 2 Comments »
JBug got out the Cenacle set early yesterday and set it up. It was so touching to see her carefully setting the table, making the Jesus figure wash the “feet” of the apostle figures, and repeating “This is my body…” Today she was doing her altar work, carefully and deliberately unfolding and refolding the altar [...]
