~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life. ~{pretty}Our science experiment for the Letter B was making bubbles using the directions in Apples, Bubbles and Crystals: Your Science ABCs.{happy} The big kids were all very happy when...
"Once upon a time there was a little boy named Michael who lived with his family at the edge of a beautiful woods...." And so begins our second adventure learning Along the Alphabet Path!Despite thinking that I might need to come up with a different...
~ Capturing the context of contentment in everyday life. ~{pretty}I think the Nature Notebook and Pencils that Twinkle Toes received (along with this Sketchbook) in her Schultüte this year are so pretty... ... but my favorite part is all the fun names...
Watching the Solar Eclipse6:34 pm (Wishing my camera would capture the full "Ring of Fire" and not just the bottom edge)6:35 pm - Another attempt...6:36 pm - Looks more like an eyeball, instead of an eclipse! 7 shots taken locally by a friend - This...
Our visit to the Science Museum this past Friday had me thinking back to our last visit. It really didn't seem like it had been five years, but I was able to find the pictures I took back then and sure enough it was in January of 2007, just before I started this...
Yesterday we went on a field trip to a Hands-On Science Museum that offers over 80 interactive science exhibits, Science Live! performances and tons of hands-on activities! It had been over five years since we had visited this great place, so only our oldest two even...
THE FRONT COVERby Captain (Blue Folder), Rascal (Green), Twinkle Toes (Yellow)This past school year, for Science, my children studied Botany using Exploring Creation with Botany along with the Exploring Creation with Botany Lapbook Lessons 1-5 and...
I hope you all had a fun filled Fourth of July weekend! Our weekend was a blast, filled with a lots of great friends, delicious food, and ending with a fireworks show late last night. Chiquita decorated a cake to take to the BBQ we attended on the Fourth,...
THE FRONT COVERby Captain (Blue Folder), Rascal (Green), Twinkle Toes (Yellow)This year, for Science, my children have been studying Botany using Exploring Creation with Botany. At the beginning of the year I purchased the Notebooking Journal, Exploring...
In our current Botany Lesson on Flowers, the children (the boys especially) loved learning about Carnivorous Plants. Since one of the projects for this lesson was to "Build a Clay Model of a Flower," Rascal immediately decided to build a Venus Flytrap and then...
Father in heaven, grant me the grace to appreciate the dignity which you have conferred on me. Let me realize that not even the Angels have been blessed with such a privilege—to share in your creative miracle and bring new Saints to heaven. Make me a good mother to all my children after the example of Mary, the Mother of your Son. Through the intercession of Jesus and Mary I ask your continued blessings on my family. Let us all be dedicated to your service on earth and attain the eternal happiness of your kingdom in heaven. Amen.
