Gary is out of surgery and groggy but well. It all seems to have gone to plan, and he will hopefully be back home tomorrow <3 Thank you all so much for your prayers <3
Category: Homeschooling
Please can you pray?
The severe abdominal cramps Gary was having yesterday turned out to be acute appendicitis. He has been in hospital since yesterday and is due to have it removed shortly. Please can you pray all goes well? Gary seems more concerned about how hungry he is :), but us girls (especially the younger two) are quite……
Heeeelp…….
Okay, so I began crocheting. I thought it looked really easy and the end product looked so professional, so I bought my wool (100% cotton) and my crochet hook (of undefined size) and excitedly began. Only I really did not understand the youtube videos. So I bought a book. It was for beginners, and apparently……
Simple Art Study: Norman Rockwell
L13 is currently working her way through a simple study of the great artists. She studies one artist per week and her goal is to learn one new technique with each study. Recently, she studied Norman Rockwell using the excellent and free art lessons from Concordia University: The lesson, which I downloaded and printed out for……
Activity Based Learning: Building Skills for the Future
Oooh, I’m just a little bit excited about this coming week! As the saying goes, a change is as good as a rest, and apart from 30 minutes of maths and working on some review products, we are looking forward to a bit of fun this week! Because there are, like, a zillion activities to……
Reflections on the Past Three Weeks
I can’t believe a whole three weeks has passed! Where on earth does time go? I am reposting our goals for these past three weeks with the ones we achieved crossed out. I am hoping this will show me what we are managing and what we maybe need a bit more work on. My other……
Exploring Africa Through Jewellery by L13
Hello, I am L13. I am Claire’s quieter and somewhat more creative twin. Over the past year I have become very interested in home-made jewellery, so much so that Mummy decided to incorporate jewellery making into my school. Together we came up with a project based on African jewellery. I have always LOVED African jewellery,……
Reader Question: How do you budget for your school, especially your home library?
Blair asked, ‘My question is- how do you budget for your school, particularly your home library and projects? That seems to be my hardest spending to manage. I am looking for some budget savvy tips! There are just so many wonderful things to try’ This is a great question, and if anyone has an answer……
Plans for the Next Three Weeks
Everyone Morning Schedule Room chores, breakfast, couch to 5K exercise, morning chores Bible devotions alone/ Apologia’s Who Am I? together T14 Schedule and Goals 9-945 IGCSE Maths 945-1045 Morning Meeting: Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice Read Aloud; Africa Study; Israel Study; Mystery of History (Finish 6 lessons) 1045-1145 Independent Delight Learning: IGCSE Chemistry 1145-1215 Independent Writing: Psychology GCSE Past……
Seasons of Joy Weekly Journal
The last time I wrote a Seasons of Joy post was October 2015. Shortly after I decided to try to monetise my blog, changing my priorities somewhat in the process. For months this felt awkward and uncomfortable, until in February I jacked it all in and returned to my roots. I have missed writing the……
Reader Question: How Do You Manage Chores and Pocket Money – Part Two
Yesterday I shared how we do chores in our house. Today I will be covering pocket-money (although we don’t call it that). Our children have never been given pocket-money ‘for free’. In fact they were never really given any money, primarily because for a long time we could not afford it. So, why can we……
Books Which Help Our Boys Become Men
I seem to have had some sort of writer’s block over the past couple of days, very possibly (in my case) otherwise known as laziness. I have not wanted to write. This is very unusual and I am wondering if a trip to the doctors might not be out of the question……. Anyway, as promised……
Reader Question: How do you encourage sibling relationships? Part 2
Yesterday, I began answering the question I probably get the most emails asking: How I encourage sibling relationships, covering up until B5 was born. At this point everything changed. Life went from being pleasant in every sense of the word to being really rather difficult. Parenting goals and aspirations went right out of the window……
Reader Question: How do you encourage sibling relationships?
From the depth of my being I have always desired have a happy peaceful home. Not having grown up with that it would be high on my goal list for both marital and family relations. This means I have parented intentionally, with that goal in mind, right from the start. I am blessed now with a……
Out of the Mouth of Babes
I was blow-drying my seven year old’s hair when she turned and asked me a question, A7 – ‘Mummy, when can I start to wear deodorant?’ Me – ‘When you start to get a bit niffy.’ A7 – ‘When will that be?’ Gary – ‘Don’t worry, we’ll let you know!’ Me (at about the same……