Last week at our bi-monthly coop we learned how to tap maple trees, collect sap, and cook it down into maple syrup. Sunburst and I have bee...

Apparently, telling your kids they're smart sets them up to be underachieving failures. Fascinating! http://nymag.com/news/features/278...

We've been having a blast lately making up words. This is Sunburst's own Word Family Village. It's not finished yet, but she ha...

We had a bit of a freeze here. On Tuesday we lost our power around noon while I was cooking lunch. We kept waiting for it to come back on, ...

Milk is nice for Monday, Milk begins with M; Treacle tarts for Tuesday, I'm rather fond of them; Walnuts do for Wednesday; Thursday, toa...

Birthday week is finally over! Thanks for all the well wishes. On Tuesday we had a little family celebration with a very small cake that wa...

When I have said my evening prayer, And my clothes are folded on the chair, And Mother switches off the light, I'll still be seven years...

Blessings that are bright. M ay our hearts always be light. Blessings on our bread. May we all be healthy fed. Blessings on this day. ...

Yesterday the girls spent all morning playing with their tiny Ghanaian friends. I printed them out from this site HERE , and the girls are h...

Last night I tripped over the baby gate in our hallway. It was one of those teetery falls, where there's time enough to work up a surge...

As you know things have been a little kooky over here, and we've been really struggling trying to get our rhythms back in place. Everyt...

Last night was our local homeschool Science Fair, and we didn't go. We could have given quite an interactive presentation on GERMS and ...

We're having some more off-time over at our little homeschool. I managed to pass that nasty flu-bug to each of the kids, and they'v...

Yesterday, as I was languishing on the sofa after being taken down for the count for the last few days by a throat so sore and swollen that ...

"His hound at his heel, His hawk on his wrist A brave steed to carry him whither he list And the blue sky over him." Can you tell ...

Finally it all makes sense! I'm losing my mind. It has been one thing after another lately, and last night I reached peak overload. I ...

This car accident is the gift that keeps on giving this season. Today I was told that my left heel may have a small crack in the bone, but ...

Thanks so much everyone for all the well wishes. It means so much! And thanks for hanging in there with me... it has been a crazy time. C...

That's our car. Sunday afternoon we were hit head-on by a 16-year-old who lost control around a slick curve. We hurt. There were six of...

For our Grade Two maths block we're back in the swing of things with the continuing saga, "The Adventures of Clara." This time...