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Tradition.
The farm has little to no Internet. So it’s phone entries again for this girl. But I’d say the view makes up for the Internet-less. And then some. It’s that wonderful holiday. Sort of my favorite holiday. (Especially if we don’t count birthdays.) July Fourth. The week where the farm in Virginia is completely over run by hordes of romping,…
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Hiking. Times a Lot of Littles.
Having our weekly nature walks has really helped to foster an already natural desire the kids and I have to be outside and to explore. (Although I’m super appreciative of being able to prepare a post from my cell phone as we still have no internet connection, I really miss being able to link back to older posts for reference…
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A little experimenting
Last night we had a lightning show. It was pretty spectacular. We all sat on the front porch and watched the lights crackling across the sky in various degrees of comfort. One particularly close lightning strike apparently did our Internet in. So this morning I’m trying a bit of an experiment. I found a little app (how weird is it…
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It’s All in How You Sell It
The temperatures are rising. And I’m not only talking about the high temperatures outside. Our thermostat is recording higher numbers every day too as we try to sweat through summer without turning on our air conditioning. So far, so good. Truthfully, it’s more like – so far, so okay. The children don’t really enjoy being overheated and sticky any more…
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swim lessons.
Isn’t it weird how one moment can change your life forever? And how your life is actually kind of made up of loads of life changing one-moments? I mean, you don’t really know it at the time, or you do, but you can’t really wrap your brain around it. And as parents we are watching those moments happen practically every…
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Diaper Free Days Are Ours!
Guess what we no item we no longer purchase and stick in our grocery cart? Diapers! Guess what daily routine is no longer mine? Changing diapers! Yes. The last little Keigley baby man is completely potty trained! We’re talking no diapers. No night time pull ups. No anything except the cutest little boxer briefs covering the cutest little boy bum.…
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Jamestown. And Jamestowne.
We’ve been studying the history of England and the events that led to the explorations of America for the better part of our homeschool year. And it’s such a lovely blessing to live within driving distance of the location of the first permanent American settlement. As soon as we started even getting near to the study of the Jamestown settlement,…
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Our Lodgings: Better Than A Hotel!
Sometimes on road trips you have to stay in hotels. And sometimes, a hotel is a good time. You’ve got the pool, the free breakfast, the room service. But you also have the high cost. (Especially for a family of eight, a number hotel managers declare is unsafe for one room.) And you also have the creepy probability that no…
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Duke Botanical Gardens: A Lovely Halfway Spot
During the school year we spent a lot of our history time studying British history and the early exploration and settling of North America. Knowing we had family living in the Jamestown area, we began planning an end-of-the-school-year Virginia trip back in the winter. And last weekend, we headed northeast for a couple of days of relaxing educational adventuring. Looking…
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more explaining. or catching up. or sharing my brand of crazy.
It’s summer, but it doesn’t really feel like it. That is, if summer is supposed to feel like relaxing, lazy days and free time galore. Maybe that’s not what summer feels like once you hit – uh – twenty-two or something. For our family, for this house, for me, summer has been constant. Steady. Sort of swamped. Busier than the…
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Happy Father’s Day
I don’t like to reinvent the wheel. And sometimes, it’s hard to be clever and kind twice. (That’s a joke, my friends. Just a joke.) At any rate, Happy Father’s Day. I wrote this a few years ago. But it’s still true. _______ First. My Father. When I was a kid I thought my dad had the same super powers…
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One for the Finn Files
Our family eats meat. We likes us some chicken. But, despite the fact that I was raised on a farm, I don’t care for discussing the bones of the creature that I am eating whilst chewing. Our dinner table last night featured a roasted chicken. (Yes, I finally remembered to put it in the crock pot. And it was roasted…
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Answers to questions you didn’t ask.
No, we have not given up our weekly nature hikes. Yes, our kittens are still crazy adorable. No, the kittens have not been wearing doll clothing lately. Yes, I do plan to write several blog posts about our weekend’s travel adventures. Yes, one of our chickens did die while we were absent last weekend. (Kevin likes to refer to the…
