Posted in alaska, science on Dec 31st, 2008 30 Comments »
And we’ve got the video to prove it! One thing we have been eagerly awaiting since we moved here is for a chance to do some experiments with the effects of ultra-cold weather. Well, it’s 42 degrees below zero (F) outside so now is our chance, right?!? So… Here is a video of a little [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Dec 29th, 2008 11 Comments »
Is your Christmas vacation going as well as ours is? I certainly hope so! Ours has been very relaxing and low- key, just as I prefer. I know I have not been blogging much lately, but I promise to have a post up real soon. I’ve had a homeschool related post bubbling around in my [...]
Posted in sewing on Dec 22nd, 2008 13 Comments »
Hopefully she won’t read my blog since she is here, but I made this little clutch for Modgirl for Christmas: Isn’t that fabric just neat? I used the “artsy clutch” pattern from Bend the Rules Sewing and it was surprisingly simple, even for a novice such as myself. The lining fabric is a black and [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Dec 21st, 2008 12 Comments »
Like most everyone else, we are spending our days relaxing and enjoying the season. Watching the snow pile up: Making ice ornaments for the tree outside to replace the stolen cranberries: Modgirl is here visiting from college and we are so happy to be enjoying spending time with her. She seems to have embraced the [...]
Posted in alaska on Dec 18th, 2008 5 Comments »
Perhaps cranberries weren’t the best choice for decorating an outside tree when you have neighbors like these. I’m just saying.
Posted in Random Ramblings on Dec 17th, 2008 5 Comments »
But less interesting than I hope to be some day. Rules: bold it if you’ve done it. ht: everywhere, but most recently Karen Edmisten’s place. 1. Started your own blog (umm… duh!) 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band (in elementary school I played the flute one year. Yes, I am cool [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Dec 16th, 2008 6 Comments »
I absolutely MUST make these awesome blocks! Man, I wish I had seen them earlier. Oh, well. Gives me a good head start on next year, doesn’t it? This Christmas… Meanwhile, we are making these: We didn’t have any lace doilies (as in the link above), so we just made them out of paper doilies [...]
Posted in alaska, nature study on Dec 11th, 2008 11 Comments »
We caught a glimpse of our elusive neighbors a few days ago. Mama moose and her young twins. She’s kind of a shy gal, not wanting to be photographed, but one of the twins seems friendly. Look at the belly on that babe! Mama must be doing something right!
Posted in pre-school on Dec 10th, 2008 24 Comments »
Superboy, JBug, and I have been busy, busy, busy making gifts for folks far away. I can’t show you theirs yet because they are gifts for blog readers. But I can show you mine, which are mostly for my grandsons, Squirt and Jack Jack. I miss them terribly, so making them something with my own [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., JBug on Dec 9th, 2008 10 Comments »
Superboy and I have been busy the past few days making gifts, so JBug has been largely left to fend for herself. I tried to get some snapshots of her keeping herself busy. So, when left to her own devices, what will JBug do? She’ll make decorations for a tree… (yes, that is a knifty [...]
