We recently checked out The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin. This is a wonderful book about the experience of color rather than the visual impact of color. The book is written from the point of view of a blind boy whose friend has described different colors to him. All of the pages are [...]
Archive for October, 2009
the black book of colors…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged braille, children's books, consensual living, the black book of colors on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
cider mill trip…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cider mill, peaceful living, Halloween, pumpkin painting, jack-o'lantern, hayride on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, we went to another cider mill yesterday. This was an actual field trip with one of our local homeschool groups. The mill wasn’t very organized. They didn’t have our field trip written down and they changed the price on us. However, we still made the best of it. The kids sampled different types of [...]
invented spelling….
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged consensual living, invented spelling, reading, unschooling on October 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We are an unschooling family. We don’t press any agenda on our children’s learning but encourage them to follow their own interests. Even many child-led homeschoolers will exclaim that there are certain things your children just have to learn and which need to be taught. As unschoolers, we disagree. I’ve really enjoyed watching my children [...]
with friends like this…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Books, consensual living, friends, lunch with daddy, peaceful living on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was our chiro day. Normally my husband drives from work and joins us at the tail end of our family appointment for his adjustment. Afterward, we drive and have lunch out with him. It’s a nice little treat for our family to have lunch with daddy on a day he works. Yesterday, my husband [...]
and sometimes you just have to throw your plans out the window…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged boys growing hair out, department of motor vehicles, department of revenue, haircuts, maternity pants, Motherhood Maternity, Old Navy, replacement license plates, stolen license plates, WHO health code on formula on October 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After posting this morning about having a nice relaxing day at home, my husband called me to let me know that someone had stolen his license plates. Ugh. I told him to call and file a police report while I called the DMV (or here, the DOR) to find out what we needed. It seems [...]
another view of simple living…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged goodie bags, Halloween, homeschool, simple living, trunk or treat on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My children and I are attending a homeschool trunk or treat this afternoon – organized by myself. Why is it that I seem to organize the majority of things for the groups we are involved in? Oh, yes. Because no one else does it and I want my children to have these opportunities. I have [...]
pumpkin hunting…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apple cider, apple cider donuts, cider donuts, cider mill, pumpkin, pumpkin hunting, pumpkin patch on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow is our 11th wedding anniversary. Around this time every year, we head out to go pumpkin hunting as a family. There are many places in our Metro area which have grand pumpkin patches. For between $5-8 a person, you can experience a pumpkin patch, maze, animals, and various carnival-like attractions. We don’t go to [...]
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