We went on a field trip with a group of families, mostly from our church. There were about 28 kids in all and up to 10 adults (some had to arrive late.) Everyone was really well-behaved. We had a blast.
Can you guess where we went:

I’m sicker than a dog with a nasty sinus infection.
My boys were bummed to learn that we’d still be doing school though. I feel too cruddy to do anything but sit, so school it is!
“Man, you’re sick and we STILL have to do school?!”
Yes. Then I reminded them that they’d get some time off [...]

My husband is working this Labor Day weekend… a lot. It’s the nature of his work. We like to joke that we just can’t convince the “criminals” to take the day off.
So, I’m doing stuff around the house.
How many of you homeschool moms are involved in a co-op / support group?
I’ve avoided them this far [...]

Yesterday, as I mentioned, we took the kids on a field trip. The night before, they didn’t know where we were going. I finally hinted, “It begins with T.”
Connor immediately flew into phonics mode: “T…T… Texas?”
“No,” I chuckled.
“Town Hall?” he asked.
You can’t blame him for trying.
We actually went to a nearby tomato farm! It was [...]

We’re often asked why we homeschool. I generally stick with telling reasons that I LOVE it, instead of bashing other options. I’m a product of public schools, and they have their place.
Some of my reasons include:

we can focus on subjects not offered in public school, like Bible
we can make up our own subjects, like “service” [...]

Don’t try to follow my train of thought. It derailed awhile back.
1) Speaking of trains, Ferris “rode her potty train to the end” this week. We started with her Special Potty Day last Monday. Yesterday (Monday again) she finished it off by getting 26 stickers (successes) in a row on her chart!! Woo-Hoo.

Her reward was [...]

Andy and Brady were watching a science-type show on Animal Planet today. I was listening to it in part, but I was also doing some work online… The program was all about how animals seek different plants and herbs for medicinal purposes.
I find that sort of thing not-so-thrilling, but my boys were glued to the [...]

Due to the chaos that is my husband’s work schedule, we have a strange, fluctuating homeschool schedule.
We “do school” just four days a week.
Some weeks it’s Monday through Thursday. Other times it’s Tuesday through Friday. Sometimes it’s randomly taken off in the middle of the week to work around a doctor’s appointment or, more importantly, [...]

Connor is 4. He likes to learn new things. He is still, however, struggling with the order of a few of the letters in the alphabet.
Often his version goes something like this: “A B C D E F G, H I K J - lallalala - Q R S, W X Y Z…” It’s a little [...]

The boys have been plowing through their school work. They’re amazing little sponges. I’m honored to be their teacher!
Andy just turned 7 last week. He’s now learning cursive (gasp!) and today he started multiplication (WHAT?!) It’s almost hard to keep up with how fast they’re growing.
To help them remember who’s who in Bible class, I [...]