For the last several summers we have joined a reading club at a big Baptist church library nearby. Every week they had a story, a craft, a movie and snack time, and all for free. My kids always looked forward to going. The reading program is also a contest with prizes for the top readers. … [continue reading]
Tim Hawkins Concert
Our Family Vacation to Houston Part 19 Start at the beginning. The evening entertainment that night at the THSC Family Conference was Christian comedian Tim Hawkins. We were so excited to see him in person. We have several of his DVDs and watch his clips online often, but we had never seen him in person. … [continue reading]
Homeschool Conference and Life
Our Family Vacation to Houston Part 18 Start at the beginning. We thoroughly enjoyed the last morning of the homeschool conference. We sat together and listened to speakers, feeling the rising excitement of beginning a new school year with the added encouragement and tools we had purchased. At noon we picked up all the kids… [continue reading]
THSC Homeschool Conference 2011
Our Family Vacation to Houston Part 17 Start at the beginning. Well, we didn’t get much sleep the night before, but as always, the kids woke up early. Jason felt surprisingly well, considering what he had gone through the day and night before, and though I didn’t get much sleep either, we all got up… [continue reading]
Texas Homeschool Conference Preview Night
Our Family Vacation to Houston Part 15 Find the beginning here! Next on the agenda was the kick-off of the Texas Home School Coalition (THSC) Southwest Convention and Family Conference. We thought we left the Space Center in plenty of time to check into our hotel, but we didn’t allow for the Houston traffic. As… [continue reading]
What is your back to school money saving advice?
Join the discussion for a chance to win a $500 shopping spree from Blogfrog! As a homeschooling family our “back to school” looks a little different from the average family. Yet we still take the summer off, and gear back up for the new school year. I can’t believe that is just in a couple… [continue reading]
My Chaotic Morning
We recently took our first family vacation since we’ve had children. We have taken numerous trips before to visit family and such, but this was the first time it was just us setting out to vacation. It reminded me of this little episode I jotted down a couple of years ago about a chaotic morning:… [continue reading]
I Embarrassed My Husband Again
I attended a three day Classical Conversations Practicum recently. My husband joined me for the Saturday session. We were running late when we got there, so I told my husband that I would take the children to their classes if he would please go ahead and go get us a good seat. I was a… [continue reading]
Sandy–How We Got A Puppy
My daughter Faith, age nine, wrote a story for my blog today. I am so proud of her. She has not shown much interest in writing up to now. I’m hoping this is the beginning of many more stories to come. One day we went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house. We had Grace’s birthday party,… [continue reading]
How We Are Spending Our Summer
Summer has been a much needed and anticipated break from school work. Oh to wake up and not have to make the kids get started on their math has been so refreshing. I do, however, keep them reading. We have joined three different library reading clubs as well as the clubs from retail bookstores. They… [continue reading]