E says he doesn’t ever want to go to school. In his opinion, this means he will not have to learn anything, ever. He is absolutely addicted to math videos from the library. Every time we go, he must check the shelves for new math videos. He’s four, so that’s cool. Maybe when he’s five I’ll let him know how much he’s learning…or maybe I’ll wait until he’s six and has moved on to Teaching Company stuff. Read the rest of this entry »
Math for Families with Short Attention Spans
June 2, 2010 at 4:31 pm (Addicted, E, Following Bliss, Homeschooling, Math, N)
Tags: Addicted, E, Following Bliss, Homeschooling, Math, N
Take Your Spawn to Work on Earth Day
April 22, 2010 at 12:00 pm (E, Following Bliss, Homeschooling, Jeff, Little League, N, Pictures)
Tags: E, Following Bliss, Homeschooling, Jeff, Little League, N, Pictures
Jeff’s company put together a cool program for “Take Your Child to Work Day” and not a single explosion or workplace fatality resulted while N was on the premises! Yeah! E and I played on a lot of playgrounds and enjoyed our Earth Day together… Pictures and video follow! Read the rest of this entry »
5000 Words Worth on Wednesday
April 21, 2010 at 12:00 pm (E, Following Bliss, Homeschooling, N)
Tags: E, Following Bliss, Homeschooling, N, Pictures
Today I’m just going to post a few pics… Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »
Randomness and Haiku
April 20, 2010 at 10:21 am (Art, E, Following Bliss, Homeschooling, Lifestyle, Mornings, N, Physics, Poetry, Time)
Tags: Art, E, Following Bliss, Homeschooling, Lifestyle, Mornings, N, Physics, Poetry, Time
Today is starting slow and groggy for me. E is an early riser and even he crawled in bed with me and fell back to sleep until 9:30am. 9:30am?!?! N is late for Physics! Curses! Read the rest of this entry »
Waterboarding and Bull Goring and Violin… Oh My!
April 13, 2010 at 12:00 pm (E, Fear, Homeschooling, Jeff, LEGOs, Lifestyle, N, Perfectionism, Spongebob, Violin)
Tags: E, Fear, Homeschooling, Jeff, LEGOs, Lifestyle, N, Perfectionism, Spongebob, Torture, Violin
Today was awesome…another one for the record books, in my humble opinion. N faced a big source of fear and anxiety, E schooled us on lifestyle choices and I was only 25 minutes late to both homeschool groups today! Yeah! Also worthy of note: I didn’t wet my pants in traffic on the way to Evanston. That’s good for at least a silver star on the calendar, yes? Read the rest of this entry »
“I Don’t Want to Be Your Buddy Anymore”
April 1, 2010 at 11:33 am (Close Call, E, Homeschooling, N, Science)
Tags: Close Call, E, Homeschooling, N, Science
An arrow through the heart! More on that later…after I mop up my tears and pull myself together. Read the rest of this entry »
He Says His Brother Is An Alien
March 29, 2010 at 8:27 pm (Bill Nye, E, Following Bliss, Genetics, Homeschooling, N, Science)
Tags: Bill Nye, E, Following Bliss, Genetics, Homeschooling, N, Science
N is doing an online Science Fair that he found out about from his online Physics teacher–and is having a blast! It’s right up his alley of chatting about something he loves (science), making videos (of anything) and being online (famous). One of his goals in life is, honestly, to be on America’s Funniest Home Videos. This isn’t quite the same, but has real potential. Today he blogged a little about it: Read the rest of this entry »
Dear Blog:
March 28, 2010 at 10:23 am (Blogging about Blogging, E, Excess, Following Bliss, Hindering Bliss, Homeschooling, IKEA, Jeff, N)
Tags: Blogging about Blogging, E, Excess, Following Bliss, Hindering Bliss, Homeschooling, IKEA, Jeff, N
Too Cool For School
March 20, 2010 at 12:17 am (Attitude, Books, Children's Books, Close Call, Dancing, E, Homeschooling, Jeff, N, Peanut Butter Sandwiches)
Tags: Attitude, Books, Children's Books, Close Call, Dancing, E, Homeschooling, Jeff, N, Peanut Butter Sandwiches
Today was the first day of the 2010 InHome Conference, our local homeschooling conference in St. Charles, IL. Jeff took the day off work to chaperone N and E, and the boys enjoyed an Art Extravaganza, Magic Show, live animal “critter corner” and an awesome Physics show. E had security notified of his presence before we even had a chance to digest our lunch! I’m sure this doesn’t come as much of a shocker to anyone. Read the rest of this entry »
Delicious Minutiae 