Posted in Journal on May 20th, 2006 No Comments »
Yesterday Kieron had his first play-off game. His team, the Giants, won. So that meant he had a game at 9 am today, against the top-ranked Cardinals, which meant Kevin had to bring him down the mountain at 7:45. I managed to wake up early enough to make him hash browns, […]
Posted in Journal, Living and learning on May 19th, 2006 1 Comment »
Now that my oldest son Liam is home from college, my older kids (ages 19, 17, 16, 13, and 10) have been intensely engaged in making a movie. They have been looking forward to this for quite a while. At Liam’s campus, the students like to get together and make impromptu […]
Posted in Journal on May 18th, 2006 2 Comments »
The day went a bit better as it proceeded, but it continued to be a bit bumpy, like our car brakes right now as the pads are wearing low. Aidan continued to be in pain each time he drank and a certain amount of the fluid leaked out onto the bandage and onto […]
Posted in Big Picture, Plans and Ideas on May 17th, 2006 No Comments »
Here are our summer plans.
Liam wants to write a story, work on his classical guitar playing, program a game and work for his dad. Brendan wants to work on his new book, learn more about politics and build a facsimile ship. Clare wants to finish her book, go on exercise expeditions […]
Posted in Journal on May 17th, 2006 1 Comment »
These past days have been busy to say the least. Friday we had Homeschool group and then baseball practice 50 minutes round trip. Saturday, three baseball games in a row, 50 minutes round trip. Sunday, we drove 10 hours round trip to pick up Liam at college, about 500 miles round […]
Posted in Books on May 15th, 2006 3 Comments »
I wanted to write down these quotes from “And the Skylark Sings with Me”:
“ The content our kids encounter is more than just a series of facts to be memorized. The content they choose to explore propels skill builgin. Once fully assimilated, these skill areas become ‘zones of competence’ — take-off points […]
Posted in Books on May 14th, 2006 2 Comments »
Skylark sings — the author’s website
I had forgotten I had ordered this book until it showed up in the mail today. (Clare got the sheet music for Sense and Sensibility, plus Harry Potter sheet music she wants to give to a young friend of hers, today, as well. — she was trying to read […]
Posted in Journal on May 13th, 2006 No Comments »
The early I wake up the earlier Aidan is up and about. The little kids seem to have some kind of internal sensor. Today I got up at 6 am and now it’s 6:30 and he’s having nachos for breakfast, in bed so maybe I can have a few minutes to […]
Posted in Big Picture on May 12th, 2006 3 Comments »
My “dark side” continues to baffle and annoy and humble me. It crops up when I least expect it.
In the homeschool circles I move in, there is a lot of buzz out about the Latin Centered Curriculum. Suddenly there is a lot of interest in it and “everyone” is putting Latin in their homeschools […]
Posted in Big Picture on May 12th, 2006 1 Comment »
This is what our basic day template is looking like nowadays — of course, endless variations on the details.
The morning light comes in our bedroom window, so this time of year I am usually awake by 7 am or a little before. Paddy sleeps next to me. Aidan is in a toddler bed […]
