Apparently, Pipalicious names her clothes...at least those she loves particularly well. The other day we were organizing her drawer and putting clean pants away and I heard her exclaim, "Oh, there you are, Jewelie!!!" I turned to see her embracing her pants with sparkles all over them. I hope this doesn't bode ill for when she is a young adult :).
You know it is pathetic when I notice that someone didn't flush the toilet and my first thought is gratitude that there is toilet paper in there as well to know that they at least wiped themselves. Yes, we are focusing on the extreme basics. Hand-washing and flushing have always been encouraged, expected and preached. Apparently, I discovered there is an even deeper level to personal hygiene that needs to be addressed and I celebrate any progress I see :)!
In order to keep all my "homeschooling" schedules, ideas, etc. in one place, I have started a new blog that just addresses homeschooling specific experiences. While I believe every parent "homeschools" in that every parent is primarily responsible for the education of their children, since I do it without using the public school system, I do have a bunch of ideas and mind-sets that I have collected over the years and use. I have had a few people ask about them specifically, so I thought that I would put that in a place where they do not have to "wade" through the journaling of our family as well :).
It is at http://homeschoolingisforthebees.blogspot.com/, and is not nearly where I want it to be yet, even to get started, but it has been fun to start! I will be putting daily homeschool specific plans, etc. on there from here on out, for any who wonder where those experiences have gone.
While I dread more time on the computer, I feel that it is somewhere God wants me to record things for now, so here goes! :)
You know it is pathetic when I notice that someone didn't flush the toilet and my first thought is gratitude that there is toilet paper in there as well to know that they at least wiped themselves. Yes, we are focusing on the extreme basics. Hand-washing and flushing have always been encouraged, expected and preached. Apparently, I discovered there is an even deeper level to personal hygiene that needs to be addressed and I celebrate any progress I see :)!
In order to keep all my "homeschooling" schedules, ideas, etc. in one place, I have started a new blog that just addresses homeschooling specific experiences. While I believe every parent "homeschools" in that every parent is primarily responsible for the education of their children, since I do it without using the public school system, I do have a bunch of ideas and mind-sets that I have collected over the years and use. I have had a few people ask about them specifically, so I thought that I would put that in a place where they do not have to "wade" through the journaling of our family as well :).
It is at http://homeschoolingisforthebees.blogspot.com/, and is not nearly where I want it to be yet, even to get started, but it has been fun to start! I will be putting daily homeschool specific plans, etc. on there from here on out, for any who wonder where those experiences have gone.
While I dread more time on the computer, I feel that it is somewhere God wants me to record things for now, so here goes! :)
