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What to Read Wednesday: Elephants on Parade
This week’s What to Read Wednesday theme is elephants. It was an easy one for me, since I grew up on the Saggy Baggy Elephant, Babar, Dumbo and Horton. Like I mentioned last week, it’s a joy for me to pass down those same timeless tales to my own children. Saggy Baggy Elephant / Babar / Horton Hears…
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Land of the Free
Yesterday we celebrated the US of A’s Independence Day. As a mother to and daughter of immigrants (by way of China and Canada, respectively) I’m especially grateful to reside in the land of the free– of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. As with any birthday —and true to the prevailing theme on our…
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eXtracurricular Activity
I’m blogging through the alphabet with A Net in Time & Hopkins Homeschool, and all the way to the letter X. In our homeschool X is for eXtracurricular activities. a / b / c / d / e / f / g / h / i / j / k / l / m / n / o /…
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What to Read Wednesday: First Books
“In the great green room there was a telephone, and a red balloon, and a picture of a cow jumping over the moon…” There are a few classic books that I’ve read aloud so many times that I can now recite them verbatim without looking. “The sun did not shine, it was too wet to…
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Welcome to Myyyyy House
…. play that music too loud, we don’t like to go-o-o out… Finally. We’ve settled in and construction’s ceased for a spell at our new radical ranch remodel. We’re taking a breather before tackling further projects (whilst simultaneously allowing our construction fund to rebound) and working instead on making our new house a home. We hope to find…
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We the People (White House Family Mission Statement Acrostic)
We’re nearing the end of a fun Blogging Through the Alphabet project with some fellow homeschoolers online. In thinking about a fitting topic for the letter W one need only glance about our house… it’s our monogram, and it’s everywhere! It came to me that one of the most foundational virtues of our homeschool exist in our family…
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Mermaiding in Oahu
Center Sister turned ten last week. In keeping with family custom, she celebrated with a long-anticipated trip with Daddy to a mystery destination. We call it a Lowry Ten, after our friends who started the same tradition with their kids a year before us. Just like Firstborn’s trip two years ago, Husband & I selected the secret location by giving special consideration…
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On This Day (16 lessons from 16 years of marriage)
Sixteen years ago today I lucked out BIG time and nabbed me an incredible husband. I was just a young dummy, so I can’t take much credit for any part of the deal, but God blessed me immeasurably. Not to imply my man is perfect, or our marriage has been an effortless nonstop parade of rainbows and lollipops, but he’s still the one I’d…
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V is for Volcanos
Continuing along blogging through the alphabet with homeschoolers online, we’re on the letter V this week. a / b / c / d / e / f / g / h / i / j / k / l / m / n / o / p / q / r / s / t / u /…
