Category Archives: summer

End of summer, back to school

Posted on August 13, 2013 by doucementgently

My children are on a long-promised break from any school work right now. They will have three full weeks off before starting back up after Labor Day with a full school schedule. Over the summer, they did swim lessons (dd#3, … Continue reading →

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Summer Project – Part 2

Posted on August 9, 2010 by doucementgently

The kids excitedly watched the two chicks who hatched. None of the others hatched and per the directions, we disposed of the rest of the eggs. We cleaned the incubator and returned it. We could have returned the chicks, too, … Continue reading →

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Summer Project – Part 1

Posted on August 5, 2010 by doucementgently

This summer I thought it would be nice for the kids to hatch some chicks from eggs. It is a 4-H project available to anyone through an extension office in the big city about an hour away. I sent in … Continue reading →

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Summer School Summary

Posted on August 30, 2009 by doucementgently

With most public and private schools starting school (the local public school starts this week, most schools in the surrounding cities started a couple of weeks ago), we are just wrapping up our summer school. I’m hoping to get in … Continue reading →

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I need a rest from my vacation!

Posted on August 5, 2009 by doucementgently

When we got back from our camping trip, I was exhausted. We really got off easy. The only sunburns were my husband and I on our noses. The hundreds of mosquito bites seem to have healed. (I’ve never seen a mosquito … Continue reading →

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Summer school update

Posted on July 20, 2009 by doucementgently

In what should only take an hour a day, we have been working through Writing With Ease Level 2 (both older kids), Growing with Grammar 3 (Child #1), Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons (Child #2), A … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading Club

Posted on July 2, 2009 by doucementgently

The tiny local library has started their summer reading club up. Activities are planned once per week at the library and all books the kids read (or have read to them) are recorded on sheets and turned in. At the … Continue reading →

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A new bike

Posted on June 29, 2009 by doucementgently

Child #2 recently decided it was time to finally bite the bullet and ride without training wheels. We’ve tried to get her to learn since last fall, but she did not have the confidence in herself to do it. Once … Continue reading →

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Summer Session: Day 3

Posted on June 10, 2009 by doucementgently

We took a two week break after the official “end” of our school year. We started back up on Monday for a light summer session of schoolwork. I start out with Child #1 & Child #2 working together on Writing … Continue reading →

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Worn Out

Posted on August 30, 2008 by doucementgently

It is a good thing summer is almost over. One of the girls came home from playing at a neighbor’s house in tears. One of her sandals had come apart. The kids have been playing pretty hard all summer and their … Continue reading →

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