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How Many Days in Summer Vacation?

We’re busy trying to finish up our last week and a half of the school year, and everyone in the house in getting pretty antsy. There is a lot of talk about having a summer vacation and just enjoying some time off. One night when we were having dinner, I told the kids that they [...]

Enter The House of Discontent (aka Give Me Your Waffle Order)

I’ve been busy with a variety of projects lately, including putting together a blog networking group.  So, I hope that you will read one of my posts that cracks me up.  (Is it wrong to crack up about my own post?)  This post was written in the dead of winter (February 1, 2008) when my [...]

10 Notes on Our Visit from Seamus the Leprechaun

The Spring Spruce Up really kept me busy last week, so this is the first chance that I’ve had to share about our visit from Seamus the Leprechaun this year.  Seamus the Leprechaun came for the first time last year, and the children were quite surprised by the antics he played. The kids were already [...]

7 Quick Takes: February 11, 2011 (Vol. 70)

~ 1 ~ I mentioned earlier this week that I was getting sick.  I still don’t feel well.  To make it worse, Jack kept complaining about feeling tired on Wednesday.  I just figured that it was a really busy day (since it was), so I didn’t worry about it.  It wasn’t until after he turned [...]

How You Know You’re Playing a Game with Catholic Homeschoolers

We were recently playing the game Outburst Junior with a group of friends that we had over. (It was me and 12 kids ranging from kindergarten through seventh grade – all from Catholic homeschooling families.)  Have you ever played Outburst or Outburst Junior?  They are both a ton of fun, but appear to be games [...]

7 Quick Takes: November 5, 2010 (Vol. 59)

~ 1 ~ In the continuing saga of my Jesse Tree ornaments (for the ornament swap that I’m in), I’m done with the ornaments now, but still need to write the verse name/number on the back, as well as make holes and attach something to hang them by.  It’s the story of my life to [...]

A Peanut Butter Epiphany

Jack loves sandwiches. Well, maybe he doesn’t love sandwiches.  That makes it sound like there are a variety of sandwiches that he loves. What he loves are peanut butter and jelly (or jam) sandwiches. He would pick to have peanut butter and jelly for every lunch all week long, I suspect.  I can’t imagine how [...]

In Case You’re Still Keeping Score

Last week, I challenged Eric to comment on my 7 Quick Takes post, since he says he reads those, but then can never seem to remember what I wrote on that particular post.  (See #4 on that Quick Takes list) When I asked him if he had read it (after he hadn’t commented), he said [...]

Is It Juice or Short Pants?

Molly typically wears dresses throughout the summer, but every so often, we can coax her into a pair of shorts or capri pants. One day, in what was a surprise request, Molly said, “I want to wear my Capri Sun pants today.” Despite repeated corrections, she continued to call them Capri Sun pants most of [...]

7 Quick Takes: July 23, 2010 (Vol. 46)

~ 1 ~ Very soon, we will be having a Chuck E. Cheese birthday party (for Jack and Noah) where there will be right around 20 children.  Yes, that’s a two and a zero.  So much for homeschool kids being unsocialized. On a funny note, I think it’s a sign that they’re homeschooled as none [...]

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