tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62466553620945141072024-03-14T15:17:39.900-05:00sundrenched momentsMiss Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219700435273352618noreply@blogger.comBlogger1273125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246655362094514107.post-83399716952587378962022-01-23T21:47:00.001-06:002022-01-23T21:50:51.325-06:00this has been a week of . . . <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBcmirlgMIMQ68d-UijpJ5Kj3BSs28D4dx-lZjAxUi8OdyO1gkt4y1fYIKxbmJZ1XzoeQ3qnphdco4mdMhbMxc3BZMpMHq1dERwDH6jQRm2jXALHQYxKiYV5VxYql1_JAmpSMFJFJIi_s_SwG1T13rkPTr6EwEVQj18hwTlAdGGCzR3m4ZrK-_xkT7ow=s3088" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBcmirlgMIMQ68d-UijpJ5Kj3BSs28D4dx-lZjAxUi8OdyO1gkt4y1fYIKxbmJZ1XzoeQ3qnphdco4mdMhbMxc3BZMpMHq1dERwDH6jQRm2jXALHQYxKiYV5VxYql1_JAmpSMFJFJIi_s_SwG1T13rkPTr6EwEVQj18hwTlAdGGCzR3m4ZrK-_xkT7ow=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">seeing Mesa Verde's cliff dwellings for the first time after having wanted to since my Sweetie and Poppy came home from a trip there when I was a child and shared photos and stories. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-854n1YXOQryUXRcTM9UOPOJJrX-ikDyhEtGwtAxpggySf7atdzGa4GT8RmRpop0K-cAP-k_pWbRMioQlFt54bdvFj8-KTkInX6_MwpSQGlspn_Uf3hG1k7WzRtymu2SSK3cYjWBfEhtPopiWPcgNhli1FcdY6yeGUE4T_MmVfHpXJvHk2i8ptjcBNw=s2748" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="2748" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-854n1YXOQryUXRcTM9UOPOJJrX-ikDyhEtGwtAxpggySf7atdzGa4GT8RmRpop0K-cAP-k_pWbRMioQlFt54bdvFj8-KTkInX6_MwpSQGlspn_Uf3hG1k7WzRtymu2SSK3cYjWBfEhtPopiWPcgNhli1FcdY6yeGUE4T_MmVfHpXJvHk2i8ptjcBNw=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">spending time with "my girls". </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj06gcx6ONNSgRYNr1_RGdikhnkjIRdlYTtXDiufmgCo01cqoNa3BAfkoPC6goLybzk6h4GDDUmf3MWwaKFe9NcM1xj9T35jvnTVA1z9u_lZ3LbK1wBmW50LgCeEGTtyXlrd-w3bkkFw2USajuHYS2vf_PsuldsGj0AsGgqxtYIBylMYyDG5eh7vEQBVw=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj06gcx6ONNSgRYNr1_RGdikhnkjIRdlYTtXDiufmgCo01cqoNa3BAfkoPC6goLybzk6h4GDDUmf3MWwaKFe9NcM1xj9T35jvnTVA1z9u_lZ3LbK1wBmW50LgCeEGTtyXlrd-w3bkkFw2USajuHYS2vf_PsuldsGj0AsGgqxtYIBylMYyDG5eh7vEQBVw=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">enjoying a ladies' tea party!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">getting rid of SO much with a donation pick up tomorrow! </span></div><br /><br /> <p></p>Miss Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219700435273352618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246655362094514107.post-4729717882613482192021-03-24T11:25:00.004-05:002021-03-24T11:25:44.212-05:00Psalm 145<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ssAnKTay01E/YFtmyn66ldI/AAAAAAAAQ-A/1fWMsQ5_Re0b4LethQN_imtcuYLNAtb9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_6940.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ssAnKTay01E/YFtmyn66ldI/AAAAAAAAQ-A/1fWMsQ5_Re0b4LethQN_imtcuYLNAtb9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_6940.jpeg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> "I will exalt you, my God and King, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and praise your name forever and ever." </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Psalm 145:1</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">photo: six years ago at <a href="https://www.aviary.org/" target="_blank">The National Aviary</a> in Pittsburgh</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Miss Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219700435273352618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246655362094514107.post-34480866199855247632021-02-24T10:55:00.014-06:002021-02-24T10:55:00.263-06:00what's working for us Wednesday<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l7ZacBRNeDI/YC9E4gSnlfI/AAAAAAAAQ8g/V7ygtmjXNkIjCGUnWxNStELXBpc-xWhFACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_2452.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l7ZacBRNeDI/YC9E4gSnlfI/AAAAAAAAQ8g/V7ygtmjXNkIjCGUnWxNStELXBpc-xWhFACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_2452.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We are working on some habit building over here. These punch cards that they get to whole punch themselves are working for us right now. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What is something that is working in your home right now? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kelly</span></div>Miss Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219700435273352618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246655362094514107.post-90545209736280547672021-02-23T15:45:00.003-06:002021-02-23T15:45:00.250-06:00road trip<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p99NENTeOqI/YDA2fdmDVUI/AAAAAAAAQ9Y/Smgn85cSKUUfqC-ayLPzLzy9JE6y7-AGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_2507%2B%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p99NENTeOqI/YDA2fdmDVUI/AAAAAAAAQ9Y/Smgn85cSKUUfqC-ayLPzLzy9JE6y7-AGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_2507%2B%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></div><br />Road tripping in Southern Colorado in our electric car. Remote cabin means bringing in our own groceries, drinking water and firewood. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2dx3kFwVx-8/YDAxhQGdJKI/AAAAAAAAQ9I/yGbv298JQcI9ChTNPl7m8nPmyfyk_0zwACLcBGAsYHQ/s1728/IMG_2508.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1348" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2dx3kFwVx-8/YDAxhQGdJKI/AAAAAAAAQ9I/yGbv298JQcI9ChTNPl7m8nPmyfyk_0zwACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_2508.jpeg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Miss Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219700435273352618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246655362094514107.post-34370562371093964512021-02-19T11:02:00.010-06:002021-02-19T11:02:02.764-06:00happy Friday!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wk5IindE4GM/YC9GhVafCcI/AAAAAAAAQ8s/yPPKU18oQSwmSub_EmKKnNmkdfjdvrwUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_2427.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wk5IindE4GM/YC9GhVafCcI/AAAAAAAAQ8s/yPPKU18oQSwmSub_EmKKnNmkdfjdvrwUwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_2427.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Happy Friday from these two goofs! </span></p></blockquote></blockquote><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">photo from our cabin trip last weekend </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;">What are you doing this weekend? Which day will you rest? I'm hoping for a Saturday of planning house projects and a Sunday of worship and rest. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;">Kelly</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Miss Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219700435273352618noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246655362094514107.post-9664085020029316492021-02-18T22:14:00.000-06:002021-02-18T22:14:01.911-06:00polar bears in action<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1S54nSvwros/YC86RrUqZSI/AAAAAAAAQ8I/ykMAv2i7DtEm0bb94rH-v_G42MM6SrVagCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_2560.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1S54nSvwros/YC86RrUqZSI/AAAAAAAAQ8I/ykMAv2i7DtEm0bb94rH-v_G42MM6SrVagCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_2560.jpeg" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I think they count today among their best days ever!</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_QEVWXH9iCU/YC86Rm7r5BI/AAAAAAAAQ8Q/rNupiLRko3IhiwggxSCp26yPpxeMcSyyACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_2561.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_QEVWXH9iCU/YC86Rm7r5BI/AAAAAAAAQ8Q/rNupiLRko3IhiwggxSCp26yPpxeMcSyyACLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_2561.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AWbSM0LgYN0/YC86Rmx2F5I/AAAAAAAAQ8M/0174-zmFt-Ak11ds8G2b-erlMs2C8ud2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_2565.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AWbSM0LgYN0/YC86Rmx2F5I/AAAAAAAAQ8M/0174-zmFt-Ak11ds8G2b-erlMs2C8ud2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/IMG_2565.jpeg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Hope you've had a good day too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kelly</span></div><p></p>Miss Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219700435273352618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246655362094514107.post-50247240167065446972020-08-10T17:52:00.001-05:002020-08-10T17:53:18.250-05:00what if . . . rest?<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sa2XxHb_QgQ/XzHPGUcqZ5I/AAAAAAAAQ3w/BsRuQSB13n0zO3YyQtMetqunOyg4ludGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_8370.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Sa2XxHb_QgQ/XzHPGUcqZ5I/AAAAAAAAQ3w/BsRuQSB13n0zO3YyQtMetqunOyg4ludGgCLcBGAsYHQ/d/IMG_8370.jpeg" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> I was just feeling tired in the middle of the day and decided to just relax for a few minutes and take care of myself. I am in no way an infectious disease expert but I found myself wondering if perhaps feeling tired just might possibly (I know people who have studied this far more than I have been saying things like this for a very long time, so I am speaking a bit tongue in cheek) . . . if feeling tired just might possibly be a signal that my body needs rest? </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It seems that viral load is a pretty big contributing factor to "catching" Covid-19. What if feeling tired might mean that I was unknowingly exposed to some corona virus bugs and my body is working on fighting those off? </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Maybe not. Maybe so. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I think what I am working on remembering is that I am the one who most often puts expectations on myself. What if I gave myself permission to listen to my body and rest when it feels tired? </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What are your thoughts on rest these days? </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I'd love to hear. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Kelly</span></p>Miss Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219700435273352618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246655362094514107.post-75773335992957153602020-07-07T16:58:00.002-05:002020-07-07T16:58:57.190-05:00morning<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">1. I had a wonderful birthday week last week celebrating with my family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">2. Bike riding is one of my favorite things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">3. Our living room floor is covered with lego train tracks, lego trains, instruction booklets and lots of spare pieces. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">5. I still think I can one day get my entire house organized all at once . . . for at least a few seconds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">6. I miss going to thrift stores. I thought garage sales would scratch the itch but it's not really.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">7. I am so excited to stay home all day tomorrow and it makes me happy that after all of these wonky months I still love days at home with my people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have always ridden bikes together as a family but it has actually mostly been as part of our "bike train" (tandem bicycle and a tandem trail behind) but during this season of staying at home due to the pandemic, we have begun riding individually many nights after dinner and often around this big empty parking lot. We are having so much fun! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and the house is a mess and details have been left unattended to so this afternoon it has felt so, so very good to tend my home and garden. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Homemaking is not a very popular word any more but there is truly nothing I would rather do than have the privilege of helping to shape a home where myself and three other precious to me people get to live out our days, discover our dreams, grow into who we are to be . . . </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"<em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; text-size-adjust: auto;">Home. Cozy, pillows on a couch, blankets and a dog. Everyone who should be here is here. Thereâs a comfortable familiarity between us and I donât have to figure out how to be. Itâs a feeling that Iâm not in a hurry or that I donât have to be somewhere else. Home is what I come back to, not what I go out to. Itâs the reset button, the safety net, the place where I know I can be my âselfâ just as I am and th</em><em style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; text-size-adjust: auto;">e people in my home will love and support me, will help me, will soothe me." - Julie Bogart, the Homeschool Alliance</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Weekly I receive an email from Shelly Miller through her <a href="http://shellymillerwriter.com/sabbath-society/">Sabbath Society subscription</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "noticia text", georgia, "times new roman", serif; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sabbath for me is a chance to trust God, fully, intentionally and practically, remembering that He is Sovereign, the One who is truly orchestrating things, not me and that I do not have to be âcontrollingâ everything every second. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is a lot of fun to remember these days but I also love the days we are living now! </span></div>
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Miss Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219700435273352618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246655362094514107.post-33109206325748767962019-03-12T17:29:00.001-05:002019-03-12T17:30:32.796-05:00Choo Choo by Petr Horacek<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I nostalgically checked this book out of the library and read it to my kids. It was one we read with David when he was an itty bitty guy. I really enjoyed reading it again although I think my kids were a bit baffled. If you've got a train loving little boy I highly recommend it! Now I'm researching trains that take you to the beach . . . you'll see when you read the book. Doesn't that sound like fun? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After spending a long weekend at the beach this past weekend I think I've got spring/summer fever!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my kids LOVES math and the other purports not to like it at all. I have been trying this year to make it as engaging as possible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One thing we are really working on is speed/knowing our math facts in an automatic way so that as we are doing more complicated equations, the basics feel very fluent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am immensely grateful for the wonderful friends that I get to walk this journey of home educating with and one of those friends is <a href="http://smallishblog.com/">Evelyn</a>. God orchestrated our meeting in the school office on the one day a week our kids attend a supplemental program. On that blustery morning a friendship was kindled that I couldn't be more grateful for! Once upon a time I jotted down a note from either a conversation or perhaps one of her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/erennich/">instagram posts or stories</a> to hide the answers to math problems around the room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had recently gotten out my collection of numbers picked up at flea markets, etc. over the years and I would set out a number and they would build it with popsicle stick tally marks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was much hilarity and I think everyone had a great time with math that day as well as building a lot of fluency! This was all super simple - sometimes the simplest things are the most fun! I hope you and your kids have a great time with this if you decide to try it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy ten year anniversary to us! </span></div>
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Miss Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219700435273352618noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246655362094514107.post-67113212293446184882018-08-02T11:44:00.000-05:002018-08-02T11:44:23.814-05:00First Day of School! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This is my fourth year homeschooling our kids! I can't really even believe it has been that long. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This homeschooling adventure has been and continues to be such a fun and interesting and full of opportunities to lean on Him experience.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each year has been different in many ways including starting the new year. <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">t is fun to me to see the progression. Year one the house was just so. I had set up our âclassroomâ. I got up and got dressed in something I would have worn when teaching public school. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">The night before I was planning to start our school year, Adrian took the kids to Chick-fil-A to give me a quiet house to finish my prep. I was exhausted and the only thing that sounded good was bed. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">I have learned despite my tendencies to be a night owl that a rested mama is a better mama. So I went to bed with the book box half filled, the empty library crate, the huge collection of cardboard boxes that the kids created with over the weekend and Davidâs </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Lego train track, his inspiration of the day yesterday, still taking up most of the living room floor. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"> They didnât care or notice as they opened a few fun garage sale find back to school presents and everyone is calm and happy!</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Silly as this sounds in some ways as I write it out, there was a time when it would have bothered me that when I was hoping for "tidy and organized" for "structure" to begin that David showed up for the first day of school in his too small and smelly from summer wearing and not enough depositing it in the laundry chute shark costume BUT I recently read <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BlrPzduBRmN/?taken-by=maandpamodern">Greta Eskridge's post</a> that gave me wonderful perspective and is helping me calm down inside about such things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After some morning time on the couch reading from the book of Romans (we have been making our way through the Bible, roughly a book a week since last August), finishing our Interlibrary Loan procured read aloud that is due, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Will-Charlie-Mayo-Childhood-Americans/dp/B0007EDZ56">Will and Charlie Mayo, Boy Doctors</a>, etc. I gave them some free time to play with the lego train and then we got ready to leave the house. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We went to pick up our curriculum for the year at our one day a week school. Cora has been SO excited to have her own math book like brother! She was thrilled and immediately started working through the pages in the backseat as we rode in the car the rest of the day. David was there to help read directions and check her work. A bonus I hadn't previously thought about! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> We went to a couple of different stores to try to buy a few fun school supplies like a spiral for each of them that we use throughout the year but those couple stops were not the highlight of our day. There was wild silliness, crowds, lots of restocking carts clogging aisles, crazy drivers, etc. David did stumble across a diary with a lock though and movable sequins that he was super excited about so that was good though. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we hit up a STEAMfest at one of our local libraries, the Sand Creek library, a location that was new to us to visit. We had been at our "home library" the day before turning in books and cashing in for Cora's Summer Reading prizes and we saw the poster. It seemed like a perfect way to cap off our first day of school. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was an activity where you sorted items into recycling and trash bins . . . </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">probably David's favorite . . . 3D pens! He has been eyeing these for awhile online having seen one advertised in a Scholastic catalog I think. He wanted to buy one and then create an Eiffel Tower for me for a birthday present but the price was a little steep. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids each had a ticket and at each station received a sticker. When they collected five stickers we got to turn the ticket in for a sack full of fun school supplies AND a fidgit spinner. I know the craze has been going on for a while but these were actually their first ones and they have had so much fun playing with them! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They got to make buttons and control robots with ipads, build with <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Modular-Robotics-Cubelets-TWELVE-blocks/dp/B0187R3TSM/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1533227996&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=cubelets&psc=1">cubelets</a>, pet a blue tongued skink, etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I got to meet and have nice conversations with a couple moms, one from Italy! and another who is just beginning her first year of homeschooling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a great day, came home exhausted, had a throw together dinner telling Dad all about it and hit the sack! </span></div>
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Miss Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219700435273352618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246655362094514107.post-22884064138468945762018-07-14T22:26:00.002-05:002018-07-14T22:26:49.420-05:00It's that time of year . . . <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">When my mind gets all wrapped up in planning and preparing for our next school year! New planner bought! I'm having trouble falling asleep at night because I have so many ideas running through my mind. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Made the first marks on the pages tonight! Is it just me or is writing the first thing in a brand new blank book the hardest part?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started with a drawing just to decorate the page and make it look pretty and let my mind settle into the planning process. I used <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeqL6rpfEbY&list=PL0sqfoYZGBW5OWdJAXwx4H8QjtZK945Hh">this video</a> to draw these alpine buttercups. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">David is entering 3rd grade and Cora is beginning Kindergarten! She is so excited! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few of my goals for this year are to have some recitation nights with the cousins, to do at least one <a href="http://blog.bravewriter.com/2018/05/28/podcast-party-school/">party school</a> and to go on field trips. Also, we don't have any trips planned very specifically but I am definitely interested in continuing to incorporate worldschooling into our education. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Happy rest of summer and happy planning for all of you teachers out there! </span></div>
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