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Category: Adventure

  • A Mother of a Field Trip

    A Mother of a Field Trip

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    Quality time is my primary love language, so for Mother’s Day last weekend Husband whisked us merfolk off to the seashore for an adventurous family field trip. Incredibly, it was our first time to the coast since moving back to the Pacific Northwest a month and a half ago– save for the Puget Sound in Seattle on Husband’s birthday. Exploring…

  • What to Read Wednesday: Africa Edition

    What to Read Wednesday: Africa Edition

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    This week’s What to Read Wednesday is highlighting children’s books from another geographical region of our incredible planet… Africa! As of press time, I’ve only visited three of the fifty-four countries that make up the great continent of Africa. Even my modest sampling (Burkina-Faso, Mali, & Morocco) forever emblazoned my heart– the cultures, varied and vibrant, are far richer than preconceived stereotypes.…

  • O is for the Great Outdoors

    O is for the Great Outdoors

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    I’m blogging through the alphabet with some fellow homeschool bloggers… this week we’re on the letter O. a / b / c / d / e / f / g / h / i / j / k / l / m / n / o / p / q / r / s / t / u…

  • Geeking-Out with my Better-Half

    Geeking-Out with my Better-Half

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    Why do I call Husband my better-half? One example: For HIS birthday, he treated THE REST OF US to a wonderful weekend away. We shirked tradition this Easter and skipped off instead for an urban adventure, to celebrate the 37th anniversary of the birth of my favorite human. It just happened to coincide with Resurrection Sunday this year, and…

  • Sayonara Montana

    Sayonara Montana

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    We’re going to miss Montana. This move is bittersweet in that while we’re resolute about returning home for this next season of family life, we’ll certainly miss Big Sky Country and many of it’s inhabitants. It’s been a beautiful oasis in which to homeschool, homestead, simplify, adopt, and adventure. The land is where are roots are. The…

  • Last Weeks in Montana

    Last Weeks in Montana

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    This week has been especially fun-filled, what with Saint Patrick’s Day, Pi Day, and Spring Break on the calendar. We’re making an effort to squeeze every last drop of fun from Bozeman before heading westward for our upcoming big move. We will miss homeschooling here. Relocation can be hard on kids in general, but might especially trigger issues unique to adoption.…

  • H is for 4-H

    H is for 4-H

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    I’m blogging through the alphabet with some online homeschooling pals. This week we’re on the letter H. a / b / c / d / e / f / g / h / i / j / k / l / m / n / o / p / q / r / s / t / u…

  • No Place Like Home

    No Place Like Home

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    In recent weeks, the bulk of our spare time and energy has been squarely focused on the girls’ participation in a local musical production of The Wizard of Oz. Performances now behind us, I’m left reveling at the hard work and tremendous courage that singing solos and memorizing page upon page of lines required of each of them. (Check out the video montage…

  • Homeschool Manifesto

    Homeschool Manifesto

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    In this house we… make believe, dress up, seek adventure, make music, shake our groove thangs, read aloud, love Jesus by loving others, mark the days, celebrate & savor, tinker & create, build forts, stop to smell the roses, dig in the dirt, explore nature, climb trees, play games, and keep it simple. Still, the following is also often true of our household:…