A Good Day

by | Sep 17, 2008 | Uncategorized | 11 comments

It’s amazing how much more school work we can get done when I set up a table away from the computer on the front porch!

Even Snuggles had a blast crawling around on the deck…

11 Comments

  1. Regina
    Regina on September 17, 2008 at 7:02 am

    looks like fun! my, what a goose egg considering it has been a few days!
    r

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  2. Aubrey
    Aubrey on September 17, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    Snuggles is so cute! The little bruise on the forehead made me smile; it’s so characteristic of kids his age. Seems like my boys had little bruises on some spot on their forehead from the time they began crawling until…well…now.

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  3. Jessica Gordon
    Jessica Gordon on September 17, 2008 at 2:34 pm

    I know! He fell on Thursday, so that picture was taken 4 days later. I think it would have been a much worse bruise, but arnica works AMAZINGLY!

    He isn’t walking, but he sure loves to climb!

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  4. Amy
    Amy on September 17, 2008 at 4:14 pm

    Looks so much more fun than what we did yesterday!! We were “spring cleaning.” I wish we were doing school, I think the kids even agree!

    And Snuggles is adorable, tough little guy! I love that smile!

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  5. Margaret
    Margaret on September 18, 2008 at 2:20 am

    What a great idea!

    I have made WAY more than 14 comments…I wonder why I am not on your Top Commenter list?

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  6. Jessica Gordon
    Jessica Gordon on September 18, 2008 at 2:29 am

    I finally found out how the top commenter thing works. It only takes the last 500 comments, filters out my own, and then ranks the remaining comments. I wish it did more of an overall, but for some reason I can’t find a widgit to do that. 🙂

    I just changed it to list the top 12 and it got you back on the list! 😉

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  7. Jamie Jo
    Jamie Jo on September 18, 2008 at 4:23 am

    Wow, those fire pictures are amazing!

    Your porch idea is great! Only my Babycakes would be running all over the place and we (I) would not get anything done!!

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  8. The Wades
    The Wades on September 18, 2008 at 5:26 am

    He got it good on his forehead!

    Your porch work makes ME want to do some work.

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  9. Allison
    Allison on September 19, 2008 at 2:45 am

    I wonder how long I could keep them focused on the deck? Hey…who am I kidding…it’s ME that would get distracted?

    “Oh look, there’s a bird!” “A squirrel is coming towards us.” “That’s a nice breeze.” “Want to move down and lay on the hammock together?”

    Despite it all, I am taking a Shower of Roses challenge and pledging to school outside one day!

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  10. Jessica Gordon
    Jessica Gordon on September 19, 2008 at 6:15 am

    Ah! I am sure that if we had a hammock, that it would indeed be a distraction! How nice!!

    We were only slightly distracted by the breeze and animals/birds, but those are good distractions, and perfect learning opportunities!

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  11. Melissa @ Homegrown Catholics
    Melissa @ Homegrown Catholics on September 19, 2008 at 9:08 pm

    We tried just being outside the other day and it was hot and BUGGY. I am sqweamish about bugs, and they seem to be invading our property. I think I might have to think about a sunporch schoolroom. The brightness of the outside porch looks so inviting and productive.

    FABULOUS IDEA!

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