Melissa | November 10, 2010
I promise it wasn’t this week!! It was September 5th. Even though we homeschool I still have a “first day” of school each year. It’s the day we start new curriculum and it usually comes after some sort of break. This year we took the whole month of August off. Next year I’m aiming for [...]
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Melissa | November 3, 2010
Hannah is 3 1/2* and Leah is almost 2*. They are big helpers all the time!! I’m sometimes surprised at what they are capable of doing. They love to help anyone, anytime. Sometimes we don’t want their help…so I really try to make sure that I find “jobs” for them that are age-appropriate. One thing [...]
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Melissa | November 2, 2010
That would be me. Thirty-eight. It’s so close to FORTY! This happened in August so I’ve come to terms with it now, but at first I just could not fathom that I, me, Melissa, was in her late 30′s! Roy was in the field at the time, so I had some friends and their children [...]
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Melissa | May 1, 2010
Each Saturday morning Samantha and Matthew head down to a neighbor’s house to pick up dog poo and mow the lawn. I was still in bed trying to get a little more sleep but listening to them getting ready. Usually when Sam is going outside, like to the mailbox or something, she’ll take Leah with [...]
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Melissa | March 29, 2010
This was one day last week. Just a little peek into our mornings. Matthew, Alexander, and Hannah sit with me at the dining table. Matthew is writing a report on the sun. I don’t let him ask me how to spell things. I just want him to write. Write whatever! Alex was reading a Bob [...]
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