Another Week Passed?

How do the weeks flit by so unobtrusively? How does the time slip through our hands?  Well the last week of school here was trying to say the least. In my attempt to buckle down I lost sight of the important fact that when one is learning and moving forward, no matter how slow it may feel, it's still in a forward direction. I need to remember this. It's important to keep my goals in check with what the kids are capable of accomplishing. So I have scaled back the work and continue to try to shift things around to fit the days better. With the coming of the end of summer here you really...

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Weekend on the Water.

Please note that the frog pics are not my own...due to catastrophe befalling our camera pics will be limited for bit.   This weekend we enjoyed a return trip to the most amazing, peaceful geocache location we had found to date. A rock outcropping overlooking the blue of the North Channel. The small islands dotting the horizon were sparsely inhabited making the appeal of putting the canoe in the water irresistible. We packed a picnic, fishing rods, dip nets for minnows, and off we went.  Although we found no fish we did find a large amount of freshwater mussel shells along the...

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The Chore Jar for My Sanity! Week One.

 So I am a bit of a clean freak...well not really but I do have standards. I expect some things to stay at the very least tidy. We have a large dog who sheds so it's nice to keep on top of that as well. Of course with a small entryway we also have the shoe problem, which I don't get because we have a custom made shoe cubby system. With the kids getting older and us schooling year round I have found things sliding, sliding too much making Mondays nightmarish. I found myself running around cleaning up from the weekends mess and trying to make the home look the way I had just managed to get...

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Check Out on Facebook

We just got more active! Having spoken with some more experienced blogging Mommies. I discovered you can have a blog of sorts on Facebook. Now the downer to mine right now is that my RSS feed won't work properly. So what you read here, you won't there. The bonus is...you get completely different insights, news, and freebies on our Facebook blog. So be sure to click on the link to the right to take you to our Facebook page. It's a work in progress but we hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy keeping it updated. Also please note the link ups down lower. There are so many wonderful blogs out there....

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Our Term One Curriculums

We didn't stop for summer break this year. Which means we have already started our new school year. I know I like to see what other people have picked for their year so I thought I would share what we are currently doing. This will change as each subject is finished up of course throughout the term. ( I still am not sure when we will switch to term two but I think likely around the Christmas holidays) Daughter: Grade 3: Term One. Language Arts:    Math: Computer: Complete k12 Internet Usage Keyboarding Skills French: Geography: History: Science: Art: Business: We...

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