Category Archives: Kids

Quitting Cold Turkey — Thumb-Sucking

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

So, as I’ve blogged before, youngest is my one & only thumb sucker. As we’ve noticed his baby teeth bulging out somewhat and how the cuteness factor (for others) of thumb-sucking decreases with increased age, dh & I have discussed … Continue reading →

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Writing Magic – Creating Sparks

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

To give (me and) my oldest a break from Classical Writing Homer, we started this second semester with Gail Carson Levine’s Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly. My dd#2 loves to write stories but struggles to finish them. There are … Continue reading →

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Baking With History

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

On our (second) trip through Story of the World 1, we have sometimes picked activities that we’ve done before. However, sometimes the kids choose to do something that we haven’t tried before. In Chapter 24, one of the activities is … Continue reading →

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Struggling Reader Turns into a Reading Lover

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

My older two have struggled to become readers. And, once they can read, they have struggled to read fluently. I have written before about the time my oldest asked my husband if he liked to read. She told him that … Continue reading →

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Bells Palsy in a Child

Posted on November 4, 2012 by

It was a normal Saturday afternoon at our house. My six year old was reading aloud to me. I chided her a couple of times about the funny face she was giving me. She hotly denied making a funny face. … Continue reading →

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Mummifying a Chicken (Cornish Game Hen)

Posted on September 16, 2012 by

As part of our studies of Ancient History (Nomads/First Civilizations through Fall of Rome) using Story of the World I, we are mummifying a chicken. Well, not a chicken. We decided to scale the project down to Cornish game hen size. First … Continue reading →

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Severe Stomach Cramping …. The Story

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

Where to start this story? At the beginning, I guess…. We had a full weekend. The older three kids had track meets on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was hot and humid. We brought lots of water with us and consumed … Continue reading →

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Sick Season

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

I don’t know what it is, but this year, we’ve been sick a LOT. Until this past fall, it seemed like our family didn’t get sick very much. Except for Child #4 and his battles with croup, we had only … Continue reading →

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Thumb Suckers

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

I have a thumb-sucking child. My first four children were happy with their pacifiers. We weaned them off before they were one year old. It worked great. My fifth child wouldn’t take a pacifier, but sure did like his thumb. … Continue reading →

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Cute Kid Phrases

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

We received a lot of sleet recently and many of our trees and bushes are covered in ice. DD#3 saw dh’s car in the garage and said, “Come quick, Mom! Dad’s car is going to freeze to death!” She thought … Continue reading →

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