Posted in all things crafty on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
$10 piece of thrift store “not so ugly” art begins transformation
The Ingredients: a smearing of left over red paint, a little bronzing wax, some chalkboard paint, and a stowed away shelf and urn that find new purpose holding chalk and an eraser
VOILA!! A funky, fun piece for Celtic Christmas Blessings and reminders to pick up [...]
Posted in everyday life, home'shcooling' on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We hosted a Christmas Party last night and I’m exhausted. We are still managing to get our math and language done but all else is so not a priority.
When the kids wanted Ramen noodles for lunch, I said sure. When they wanted to eat in front of the tv watching the unexpectedly funny and endearing [...]
Posted in everyday life, making memories on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas has always been my favorite time of the year. Not just for commercial reasons, like the tree and presents, cider, cookies and such but the family traditions, the spiritual significance and the memories that inevitably intermingle themselves within the season. I truly want to establish some family traditions. Some of them light and just [...]
Posted in all things crafty, everyday life on December 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I like to fiddle with my decore. I have NEVER decorated for any season other than Christmas, but this year I decided to give it a shot. I tend to keep my scope and sequence manageable and simple so my dining table and mantle were the only recipients of mini-makeovers.
I just kept it natural. I [...]
Posted in home'shcooling' on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During our KONOS unit on Birds, we learned a number of things. Read many books, stories, watched Fly Away Home, about migrating Canadian geese (really great movie) and most of all did some really FUN activities. What I love best about KONOS unit studies, is the ability to involve Joey who is 3. He doesn’t [...]
Posted in imago dei, making memories on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Traditionally, at Thanksgiving, we do some thankfulness activity. This year we made a tree. We decided to invite our fellow Imago Dei family to add their thankful thoughts. We had a great variety of sentiments, some lighthearted and those with more depth. It was fun to sit together, adults and children, and take a few [...]
Posted in everyday life on December 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Gabriel turned one on November 23. This time last year, he and I were both in critical condition. It was a sobering Thanksgiving holiday and a Christmas season laden with healing, stabilizing bodies. I am truly grateful to be on the other side. It seems, already, to be so distant.
Mae and Ana made Gabe’s cake. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We studied a unit on the Eye earlier in the season. I think of all our activities, this was the most “impacting”, hee hee. We began by learning the parts of the eye, doing some experiments and then our BIG BANG was getting together with friends for an actual cow eye dissection.
Here’s looking at YOU, [...]
