Week 6: Trip to San Diego

When our kids are between the ages of 8-10, we like to take them on a special trip to some place they choose.  J chose to go to Mount Rushmore, A1 went to Seattle, and K chose to explore Legoland. 

Week 4/5: We Found Friends!

 *To be consistent with the OpenEd weekly logs, this week is labeled 4/5.

And we found Ed (OpenEd's horse mascot) a friend, too

Last year, the homeschool community in our rural part of the world, frankly, didn't exist. However, we've had new families move in and new families begin homeschooling. There are now many, many families around.

Week Three: What is Normal Education?

 

This year, most of my kid are in public school. I've decided I'm not a very good at being a traditional school parent. Not only do I cringe at all the over priced PTA activities, book fairs, and picture day packets, but none of my kids are getting the "traditional" education of going to school for 7 hours and then coming home, doing homework, maybe a sport, and then repeating every day.  

Week Two: The Dog Needs Surgery!?

“Man himself cannot express love and humility by external signs so plainly as does a dog when, with drooping ears, hanging lips, flexuous body, and wagging tail, he meets his beloved master.” – Charles Darwin

School was briefly interrupted when the PE coach (AKA- the dog) got injured why chasing a tennis ball. We took her to the vet and learned she tore her CCL (Equivalent to the ACL in humans) . The only way to heal that was with a specialized surgery...

Week One: More Put Together Than the Public Schools

“The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”

― Marjorie Pay Hinckley 

Well, it's exciting times over here.  Our philosophy is every kid, every year, we will decide what is best for them.  And this year has been a massive comedy of errors (and chaos from the beginning).

When the World Wasn't on Fire

Preparing to evacuate from a wildfire was an unusual part our summer, however, we were fortunate enough to do other things that were not threatened by smoke or flames. 

Here's some of our summer in pictures:

The Year Summer Burned Up

Like so many communities across the country, our summer plans were interrupted by mother nature. We were halfway through a session of swim lessons when plans were altered by a raging, uncontrollable, wildfire.