Despite the illnesses, we had a really outstanding couple of weeks here doing the back to school thing. We're easing into it, and magica...

I'm coming up for air after several days of small children with stomach flu. I could go on to regale you with horror stories involving ...

Spinneretta , of the lovely The Jacobite Rose , has done a wonderful job hosting the Beauty of Toymaking Fair for September . Go see, and r...

I'm not sure what direction the internet is taking, but this weekend I saw some pretty worrisome things. And I'm not sure that I li...

Last week the kids and I celebrated Rosh Hashana*, the Jewish New Year. We're not Jewish, but it correlated with the school story I'...

About a month ago I had a birthday. I'm now fully ensconced in my mid-thirties, if you must know. And it's okay, this birthday stu...

I've had the worst luck with nature tables over the years. If I have them down low they manage to get destroyed by the babies, toddlers...

It seems to have become Fall weather overnight. The leaves are changing and dropping in our yard, and the mornings are chill. It's ama...

All the kids on our street have been back in school for three weeks or so, but not us. No sir! We haven't even begun to head in that d...

Just when you think the bugs can't get any crazier, nature steps it up a notch. This Hickory Horned Devil had all our kids entranced at...

It's a big day at our house. Einstein and I are celebrating our TENTH wedding anniversary. Complete with sick kids and their many spew...

I finally finished my first lace knitting. Finishing this sucker was a big homeschooling moment at my house. A major moment! I know, I know...

Did you know there is a mama spider that hangs out and mothers her spiderlings? We've been spending an awful lot of time this summer out...

I was going to title this post "Not made in China" but then I read this . And I felt bad. Nonetheless, we're all paying a bi...

We went. We saw. And whew! We're back! Sometime in July ( I swear the days of this entire month seem to have completely run together) ...

Sunburst announced a math problem at breakfast this morning. She needed to know what one year divided by 7 was. She started counting it out...

While my internet connection was out over the last two weeks, I seemed to have some extra time on my hands. Funny business, this internet s...

** Updated September 2012 ** Waldorf Grade Three Resources Essential Grade 3 (options for Old Testament, gardening/farming, Na...

We have recently suffered a great loss at our house... a deep and regretfully painful loss. I hate to be the bearer of ill tidings, but I t...

A friend recently pointed out to me this post over at Islamic Homeschool Diary which links to this post over at Notes from the Trenches ....