Dreaming of Pinehurst

Today’s the day! We’re off to North Carolina for the USKG World Tournament! We’re renting a house that may or may not have internet, so this may or may not be the last post from me for a week or so. Wish me luck on the flight!

Packing for trips must be hereditary.

Every trip we go on, I give the kids a backpack and let them choose what toys/books/things they want to put in it. This way, they’re not stuck with a pack full of stuff that I thought they would like, but that actually bores them to tears. It’s also a good reasoning exercise—what [...]

Cheese as a weapon?

For the love of Pete.
I’m sure you all have seen the ‘terror threat’ warnings about people trying to smuggle bomb parts onto airplanes. And that some of these smugglers used cheese in the place of actual explosives.
I’m already anticipating a bumpy ride on the plane with the Sassy Princess in [...]

Defending State Golf Champion!

The countdown is on to the USKG World Championship in Pinehurst. The qualifier was held last month…the same one The Golfer won last year. In fact, that was the first tournament he’d ever entered. The USKG organization runs a really fun event.
Here’s The Golfer with his playing partners, who ended [...]

Pedoaviophobia

I’ve always had a fear of flying. Nothing that keeps me off planes, but I sit in my seat silently freaking out about every bump and clatter. And then, after 9/11 I had a new thing to worry about…the people sitting around me. I know that the odds are really really low [...]

The Y’s Make A Home.

Here is The Naturalists sophmore claymation film, “The Y’s Home”!
I knew something was in the works when she asked for the camera and then dissappeared for an afternoon. When she surfaced for some food and a little fresh air, she had a great little movie about how her claymation people found a home. After watching [...]

Mad Organizational Skillz, Yo!

Some mornings I wake up and think, “Hey!  It’s time to reorganize the pantry!  It’s been a few months  weeks!”  I know, I know, some people have a chart on their calendar, or a to-do list for these kinds of things.  But I work by inspiration.  I don’t like to feel strong armed into it, [...]

Take a walk on the wild side! Or not.

I’ve never considered myself a rebel. I doubt anyone has used the term ‘wild child’ to refer to me. Probably the most radical thing I’ve ever done is this unschooling stuff–but that’s hardly dying my hair purple and getting a tattoo on my arm. (Both things my tattooed sister has done–simultaneously. [...]

Operation Happy Rabbits, phase 2

Hello Pepper…you sweet, chocolatey brown bundle of softness! At least, I think you’d be soft. It’s not like you let us hold you much.

And hello to you, LuLu. You’re a tough nut to crack, you know that? You have what we humans call an “attitude problem”. I’m sure you are [...]

Adultitis

I’ll start with one of my favorite lines in a song, by way of The Indigo Girls:
The best thing you’ve ever done for me,
Is to help me take my life less seriously,
It’s only life after all…
My adventure into homeschooling, and then even further into unschooling, hasn’t been just about “learnin’ my kids”. In a [...]