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"Laura liked the churning and the baking days best of all the week. In winter the cream was not yellow as it was in summer, and butter...

Hands off! These are for the contest! Every year we have a cookie contest at our business. It's a holiday party and cookie exchange, bu...

Our faraway-but-very-dear friend sent the kids a wonderful gift! One hundred twenty colored pencils in a gorgeous wooden case--look how bea...

Last night we went to a super fun cookie-decorating party! Our friends made an amazing dinner and the kids and grownups alike had a great t...

Just a quick list because it's pure chaos here: Jan Brett author study, deer and Star Wars lapbooks, Uno, Jenga, Christmas Shrinky Dinks...

Phase 2 of the home repairs began today. My entire "office area," including the printer, fax, and file cabinet is now pushed into...

We're headed to the library to get books for the kids' research projects (and to pay our fine.) It's cold a...

If you want to read a post about homeschooling or something pleasant, skip this one and wait a couple days. This post is a list of the rand...

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! For the past several years, we have celebrated Thanksgiving a day early. We cook and serve a meal ...

The Cod's Tale by Mark Curlansky and S.D. Schindler Without the cod, we might not be in North America today. The cod was important to t...

What can you make with two circles and a rectangle? A cylinder! Today we got out the geometric solids kit and talked about faces, edges, and...

Today we talked about the difference between formal and informal language. If you met the President, would you say, "Hey, what's u...

We started the morning with some handwriting practice. The kids HATE it, and I don't blame them, but they need it! They both developed...

Supersim has a sore throat and bad cough, but thankfully no fever. It's REALLY cold and miserable outside so we are having a cozy day in...

"Dog mouth" and "bathroom floor" are now tied, but the nastiest by far are the "dirty hands" potatoes. It...