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  • Be Mine

    Be Mine

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    Mia
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    We had a wonderfully simple and homespun Saint Valentine’s Day celebration this year. The kiddos sent out fun, right-brained Valentines to a few of their pen-pals, and received some back in return. My mom (in town to see the girls’ production of the Wizard of Oz) charged the kiddos with preparing & serving a romantic, pink fancy dinner and treats on our…

  • D is for Dress-up

    D is for Dress-up

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    This week I’m jumping aboard A Net in Time & Hopkins Homeschool’s fun blog party. These teacher/mamas are blogging through the alphabet, and when the letter D rolled around I knew it was time to chime in… In our homeschool the letter ‘D’ definitely, decidedly, unDeniably stands for DRESS-UP! (duh.) Tropical Island Night at Awana tonight… or as I like to call it, here…

  • 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:…

  • Saint Helen’s Valentines

    Saint Helen’s Valentines

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    Mia
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    Everyone agrees, Great Grandma Schafer was a saint. Patient and gentle, loving and kind, she was a joyful delight and a pillar of peace… I might be biased, but she really ought to be canonized alongside our favorites: Patrick, Nicholas, Lucia, & Valentine. Evidently, she also loved Valentine’s Day. Her stash of hand-crafted valentines from primary-school days in the 1920’s…

  • Year of the Rooster

    Year of the Rooster

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    Cock-a-doodle-doo! We rang in the Year of the Rooster by dining out with pals this year; sometimes simple is best. Husband and I prepare Asian fare the bulk of the time, anyway, so the break from cooking was a treat in itself. Husband employed this nifty app to translate the mandarin menu, and I geeked out something fierce. Enter the…

  • Chinese New Year

    Chinese New Year

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    Mia
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    Hark! According to the Chinese zodiac calendar, the year of the rooster commences this Saturday. Not only am I a certifiable crazy chicken lady, I was born in another year of the rooster– maaaany moons ago. We’ll use the occasion as an excuse to partake of Handsome Husband’s intricate and elaborate Asian confections. My own Asian fare tends to be of the…

  • Over the Rainbow

    Over the Rainbow

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    Mia
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    Big news in our house: Firstborn was cast as the lead in a local musical production… any guesses as to the role? Perhaps these bedazzled Steve Maddens might tip you off. Ruby Slippers can only mean one thing– she’ll be Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz! Center Sister also got a part as the fortune…

  • The Winter’s Tale

    The Winter’s Tale

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    Mia
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    What does it look like to homeschool in Montana during Winter? This week’s wrap-up resembles a bona fide Winter Wonderland. A picture is worth a thousand words, for posterity’s sake; and inasmuch… That’s pretty much our week in a nutshell, though let us not omit this much-needed sunshine-y, beachside throwback: And all of God’s people said, “Awwwwwww…” Be sure to check out additional week…

  • Optimist Eternal

    Optimist Eternal

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    Our hearts are saddened anew as yesterday our beloved, vivacious Grandpapa stepped confidently and courageously into eternity with a peace that surpasses all understanding. This fresh grief feels compounded by the still-raw loss of Grandma Norah last month, yet “Grief is the price we pay for love.”  Handsome Husband’s doppelgänger/namesake grandfather was truly the life of every party– so full…