We are still in boxes.
The house is not decorated for Halloween.
The pumpkins we bought last week are not carved.
But I found the box of costumes just in time.
And all is well.
Well, except for the fact that Cutie Pie’s stockings kept falling down.
Halloween Wishes
October 31, 2009 by
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Alluminare, where have you been all my life?
October 26, 2009 by
Have you heard about Alluminare?
In a nutshell this website lets you design your own lighting.
Think about it.
Size.
Design.
Colors.
I’m fascinated and addicted.
Oh, and did I mention they will make you matching throw pillows?
Not into throw pillows?
How about matching wallpaper?
Custom Fabric?
Wow, this is dangerous.
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When Ted Talks
October 26, 2009 by
Ted Talks recently featured Joachim de Pasada in this video that I found amusing and fascinating, both as a home educator and as a parent. A study was done on 4, 5 and 6 year old children using a marshmallow. The children were given a single marshmallow and told if they didn’t eat it, when the teacher came back they could have two marshmallows. This test is believed to be an indicator of future success. A child’s ability to delay gratification at 4, 5, and 6 is a possible future indication of their ability to do so later in life, obviously for longer periods of time.
After seeing this video of course I want to test it out on my own children. How could I not? Aren’t you tempted to figure out how your child would do? All I need to do is figure out how to tape record them without them knowing….hmmmm
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The origins of chocolate milk
October 25, 2009 by
Vanilla milk comes from cows.
Chocolate milk comes from God
Pumpkin
age 4
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The one where I’m still talking about moving but haven’t moved
October 24, 2009 by
What is it about moving that makes you want to take everything you own and just throw it away?
Actually, I generally like moving because its a great time to clear the clutter but I’m just emotionally exhausted at this point. My latest bright idea is to move over our homeschool room and my home office into the new house. Those areas appear to be construction free at the moment and we can at least get some of the boxes out of the house we are living in and get back on our school schedule. So that is the plan this week—to trick myself into believing that I’m actually moving in and that there is going to be an end to this limbo.
I was frantically packing last night in-between managing subcontractors and all I can say is, man homeschoolers use a lot of books! Or that may be what the two helpful college students who are helping me move must be thinking. At any rate, I’m starting to get excited about setting up the school room and I’m contemplating pulling an all-nighter if need be.
As for Big Daddy, he’s currently planning on being out of town for three weeks!
I always knew Big Daddy was the smarter one.
