Week 2: Snack Mix, Ancient Egyptians, and Tests!

Saturday: The boys started their new season of hockey.  Today was just evaluations and practice.  They won’t find out which team they’re on for another week. Since the boys have hockey during the Lowe’s Children’s Workshop on Saturdays, they weren’t able to participate.  However, the nice guy at Lowes gave us a kit to take [...]

Our Homeschool Classroom

Here are some pictures of our classroom.  I’m not done with it yet (I want to add some bookshelves on the wall, and do a few more decorative things).  But here are several different views of our new homeschool room. When you first walk through the door and look left, you will see Ty’s workspace. [...]

Week 1: And We’re Off!

Our much anticipated 2010-2011 school year started this week.  I can’t tell you how glad we all are!  I’m going to try and change the blog up a bit this year, and give you a snap-shot of our day-to-day activities. We also implemented a new incentive/reward system.  The boys earn tickets that allows them to [...]

10 Days and Counting

TEN days until our first day of school starts again!  This time last year I had everything neatly organized and ready to go.  This year?  Not so much. Jess is currently staying in what will be our classroom.  She is leaving for college in ONE week.  Once she leaves, I will have exactly (3) days [...]

Week 40: School’s Out For Summer!

Camden officially finished First Grade on Friday.  It has been a fun and eventful year for him.  He has really enjoyed being homeschooled, and he looks forward to Second Grade at home too. This week’s lessons were primarily a year-end review for him.  In Language Arts he focused on syllables, punctuation, and capitalization.  To say [...]

Week 39: Evaluation Time

After last week, and all of the events we had to attend, I was looking forward to a more routine week.  I think Cam was too, because for once, he didn’t complain much about having to do the work. We are so close to finishing the year now!  We have roughly one more week before [...]

Week 38: Memorials and Graduations

This was the week that Jessica graduated from high school.  This was also the week we laid Grandma to rest.  One life ending…another embarking upon a new life.  Both events bringing family members together again. We had (3) days of school this week.  With all of the events taking place on Thursday (Grandma’s memorial) and [...]

Week 37: Don’t Call Me Camden Anymore

The following conversation takes place Monday night at 8:30pm: Cam:  Hey Mom? Mom:  Yes? Cam:  Don’t call me Camden anymore. Mom:  What?  Why? Cam:  Well…um…I like the name Camden, but…I just want you to call me Cam. Mom:  Ok…why don’t you want to be called Camden anymore? Cam:  Because whenever someone calls me Camden, it’s [...]

Week 36: May Days

This month has been hectic.  And we’re only on the 7th day (as I type this).   Where to start? Let’s talk about Jessica for a moment.  Jessica isn’t homeschooled.  She has been attending a private Christian school for the past year and a half.  She graduates in exactly two weeks. It has definitely been a [...]

Week 35: The Finish Line Is Almost Within Reach

I blogged last week that we didn’t have any field trips planned for this week, but we ended up going to the ice rink on Wednesday.  It’s been over a month since the boys were on ice, and they were really itching to skate. While we were lacing up, the manager of the rink asked [...]

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