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Ebb and Flow
Yesterday was a pretty good day. The girls were at Talking Stick so that meant I had several hours to work in the neon shop, and I got a lot done out there. After I picked the girls up we went to the...
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Books, Chocolate Drops, and Mom
Yesterday we went to the library and loaded up on books: how to draw bugs and cars, lots of books on Cats, a couple of SpongeBob comic books, and a couple of books from the The Dance Fairy series. The...
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"Home Schooling sounds awesome!"
I took the girls to the playground today. It was jam packed! This was due to the fact that not only was it a nice day, but it is also Saturday. Usually when we go to the playground it is during the...
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Peking Acrobats
I took the girls to see The Peking Acrobats at the Keswick Theater today. We met some of our home school friends there, and John left work for a couple hours to meet us there too. The acrobats were...
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The Playhouse
For the past few days I've been a little pre-occupied with trying to acquire a playhouse for the girls. They have a Little Tykes plastic one that I picked up a few years ago, but they have definitely...
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Week in Review
A brief summary of the past week....Saturday-I went to a memorial service to support my friend Beth. Her mother's partner, Judy, passed away of cancer a couple of weeks ago. I can honestly say it was...
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Mushrooms, and party preparations
We're getting ready for Celia's birthday party this weekend, so I spent a good part of a day making sculpey mushrooms to go in the goodie bags. The girls helped (Ani mostly) and we almost completed 16...
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The Day Before a Party
Today was a typical "day before" a party, which means I had a million things that I was trying to get done, and an underlying anxiety and stress. We throw a lot of parties, so I would think that by now...
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Celia's 6th Birthday Party
Including Ani and Celia, there were 19 kids here. And lots of grown ups too. It was a bright and sunny day, allbeit a little chilly. It was crazy and a little chaotic, but all in all I think it went...
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Neon Tuesdays
On Tuesdays Ani and Celia go to Talking Stick, which is a self directed learning center for home schooled kids. It gives them a chance to spend a day with other kids of many ages, and to do something...
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Kid Free Weekend
The girls were at my mom's for the weekend, so John and I had the luxury of doing whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted, and it was great. Although, we didn't really do anything too exciting. We went...
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Raining On A Friday Afternoon
Nothing else to do but play PowerPuff Girls Monopoly and watch Night At The MuseumAnd the song that inspired the title to this post....
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Neon Tale of Woe
So, this job was finished.....and then it wasn't. I am so ultra frustrated, and almost depressed. I have been working on this neon sign over the past several weeks and I thought I finally had it...
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Earth Day
Yesterday was Earth Day. We didn't do much to celebrate it, but I think what we did do goes a long way. The girls and I took a walk around our block and picked up all the trash and recyclable material....
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Whole Life Learning in Action
This past week.....Theater, magic tricks, legos, dying eggs, gardening, Wii, Chuck E. Cheese, friends, sign language, sorting, playground, karate, earth day, painting, Leonardo da Vinci, parachutes,...
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Home Schooling Resources
Today the girls and I went to buy a gift for a friend who just had a baby. We went to a little shop here in Glenside, called Sweet Magnolia, that has a lot of fun and different things. They wanted to...
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Ani Day
Today it was mostly just Ani and I hanging out together. Celia was around, but she is really into Super Mario Galaxy right now, so she spent most of the day playing the Wii. In fact, she is so into it...
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Where your poo goes
Our homeschooling group went on a trip to the wastewater treatment facility last week. I've never really thought about where the water goes after I flush the toilet, and it was interesting to see the...
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Fun at the Dentist
Today the girls and I all went to the dentist for check ups and to have our teeth cleaned. I decided that I would go first, so I left the girls in the waiting room with my iphone, figuring they could...
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Zooreka to Raspberries
Today we played Zooreka and Guess Who?, made fresh squeezed lemonade, went to a birthday party, went swimming, ate cake and ice cream, saw a baby bunny, watched Regular Show and The Wizard of Oz, read...
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Today we watched videos on youtube of magic tricks, played games on the computer, watched TV, colored ceramic bobbleheads, made pennants and had a parade, went in the pool, went to the library(2...
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I'm putting together Ani's portfolio right now, which has me thinking about how we spend our days, but mostly I'm thinking how it would be nice if I had kept up with this blog so that I could refer to...
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Tuesday
Ani had circus class today, and she climbed almost to the top on the silks. It was really cool to watch her, and to see how excited she got when she did it. It's been cool to see how she has gotten...
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Today was theater class, so that means we were in Doylestown all day. I'm always so worn out at the end of the day on Wednesday. It was a good day though. Ani and I went to the library during Celia's...
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Made our bean bags for the maypole dance. Ani used the sewing machine to sew them, we filled them with plastic beads, and then closed them by hand sewing them. More Minecraft today. The topic of...
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