Being a home schooler it means, I get to pick and decide what Gillian learns about. She has always loved Science and Dinosaurs, and she is not much of a reader. So, mixing together things she likes into books means she will read and she enjoys it. When you ask her why she doesn’t like to read she responds “because reading is boring”. I do not want my child to think reading is boring, I want her to love to {Read More}
Synonyms The Game Review
March 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
One of my favorite parts of home schooling is playing games to help with the learning. I think this helps Gillian expand her learning and it is something she enjoys. There is nothing like a little mom and dad time at the kitchen table getting our game on! We recently got to check out a game called Synonyms, talk about hard, our brains had to work a lot harder then normal. Gillian LOVES this game! About Synonyms: Synonyms is the {Read More}
Round em up Friday – 32
March 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
Speed Traps
March 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Today did not start well. I had a few hours of sleep, went to the bank to cash our loan check only for my husband to forget his Driver’s License at home, and of course mine was not enough. I love how I can cash checks in my husband’s name WITHOUT him there, I can with draw thousands from our account and not get asked for ID, but cashing a check that came from their brank, with my husband there {Read More}
Telemarketers Stalking Me
March 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I am starting to think these telemarketers are in my head! The other day my husband and I were discussing what we should do about a storm shelter. We can get an 8×10-cargo container for about 2,500 the problem is we only have 2,000! We had roughly 1,500 to work with. We came to the agreement we would take out a loan with the bank, and just add it to the car loan we have. I was going to call {Read More}
FELICITY AND CORDELIA: A Tale of Two Bunnies Review and Giveaway
March 6, 2011 By
Have you ever heard that saying opposites attract? Most often, those that are best friends are very different in many ways. This is the case in the story FELICITY AND CORDELIA: A Tale of Two Bunnies. FELICITY AND CORDELIA: A Tale of Two Bunnies by Lisa Jahn-Clough (FSG/Feb 2011) is a sweet tale of friends who are very different. Felicity likes adventures, while Cordelia prefers to stay home. When Felicity sets off on a hot-air balloon adventure, Cordelia stays home and {Read More}
