One of the kids recently told me that they didn’t have to do run around outside for PE because they were on vacation. lol They have been so busy playing outside that I haven’t even had to enforce the one hour video game rule. Hide and go seek is a popular past time. Even all…
With 3 out of 4 kids on vacation and the 4th old enough to direct her own work, I’ve been working on organizing the schoolroom. I have papers from all 6 kids in there, even though the oldest two are 25 and 23! Time to sort it all out. I’ve been finding lots of…
Today was our last day of school! Last Day of School The straggler cracks me up. She is the one who decided not to take a break. I still think she could have shared in her siblings exuberance! lol The other day, one of the kids found a Praying Mantis in one of the flower…
The kids are starting to finish a lot of subjects now that we’re getting close to the end of our school year. Those taking a summer break start that break on July 1st. Hannah 15, has opted to not take a break. I’m sure she will take days off during the month of July. Especially…
The kids have been working in the garden in the mornings while its cooler. Schoolwork has been waiting until the afternoon. Most of the kids prefer to get their schoolwork done in the morning so they can have the afternoon free. However, it has been so hot in Kentucky this week. So hot that they…
Today, I had the kids fill out a Who am I? sheet. I didn’t get too many surprises. It didn’t even surprise me when one of them tried to answer every question with “IDK”. lol I’m going to have them fill one out at the end of every school year. If I remember. lol I…
This week hasn’t been terribly exciting in our home. We’re just plugging along with work. It ended up being cold this week! Which is highly unusual for Kentucky in May. We did manage to get some work done in the garden yesterday. Today has turned out really warm! So we worked some more in the…