Wheezy
So, today I ended up going to the doctor because I suspected that I had bronchitis. I do. Bummer. I got some meds though, so hopefully I will be feeling much better in a few days. I brought the girls...
View ArticleIce Skating and Guitar
Today was about new things. Specifically for Ani, learning to ice skate and play the guitar. We met some of our friends at the ice rink for the home school ice skating special they have on Friday...
View ArticleFree To Be Chillin' Outside
We had a nice weekend. Yesterday we went to Hannah Dee's house for a Free To Be You and Me party, which was a lot of fun. I enjoyed watching it with friends my age (who remembered watching it when they...
View ArticlePlaydate Day
Today was mostly a long playdate. My friend Hillary, who also home schools her kids, came over with her two girls Sophia and Zoe, who are ages 7 and almost 5. We had a nice time just hanging out and...
View ArticleEbb 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...
View ArticleBooks, 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...
View Article"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...
View ArticlePeking 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWeek 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...
View ArticleMushrooms, 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleCelia'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...
View ArticleNeon 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...
View ArticleKid 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...
View ArticleRaining 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....
View ArticleNeon 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...
View ArticleEarth 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....
View ArticleWhole 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,...
View ArticleHome 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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