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As I dropped my girls at camp a few hours ago, it hit me like a thunderbolt how much they have all grown and changed this summer. It is crazy ( Read more... ) -
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There has been a lot of discussion on my LJ friends list the past few days about kids' activities and the angst they can cause. I think I must be somewhat unusual. MOST of the time, I love that my kids are busy doing things they love and don't mind that it sucks up nearly all of my time because...well, I don't know what else to do with my time, I ( Read more... ) -
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I've been working hard on curriculum for our next "school year". We will be finished with what we are doing now and ready for the next phase in August, I predict, so I really need to get this finished and get things ordered. It is stressing me out as I thought I had found the perfect (or as perfect as it gets) curriculum last year and it has now ( Read more... ) -
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I have always loved artistic gymnastics. From the time I was a kid and like thousands of others, watched Mary Lou Retton win the AA gold medal in 1984. I read books about Nadia Comaneci and Olga Korbut. I had one book that I read over and over and over again until it literally fell apart. However, I was not made to do gymnastics. The few classes ( Read more... ) -
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I've been slowly and subtly altering our diet in the last few months and it is getting serious now. I have told people we are going paleo for lack of a better label, but that is not completely true. I'm taking out most grains (wheat, rice, corn, oats being the biggies), legumes (beans, lentils, peanuts), and vegetable oils except for olive oil. I' ( Read more... ) -
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I think we may actually have to start using the library. Luci finished the Bad Kitty book I put in her Easter basket in two days. Zoe finished the American Girl Makenna book that was in her Easter basket today and finished A Wrinkle in Time last night. I'm not complaining about it, just saying the library is looming. And I can't ever remember to ( Read more... ) -
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Summer enrollment has begun. Maria is signed up for a pre-tryout soccer camp for a competitive team and Luci is signed up for dance classes. We need a back up plan for Maria if she doesn't make the team, but she will also be going to a week long, overnight church camp at the end of July, so it isn't like she will do NOTHING all summer. I'd like ( Read more... ) -
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The girls and I have been studying Marco Polo's travels recently. Small digression: May I just say that I am in love with Demi's books and Ages of Grace curriculum for introducing me to them? The girls are in awe of these gorgeous books. You know, I have a nine, ten, and eleven year old (eight, nine, and ten when we started AOG) and it was a hard ( Read more... )