Oh Fifth Grade Math! Is it summer yet?
This was me yesterday trying to teach Jeremy how to find the area and circumference of a circle: (I love Rocket Raccoon.) We are three units away from being don...
Tag: homeschooling
Is school over yet?
We are barely hanging in there, and by “we,” I mean Jeremy and me. Jackson is skating through his remaining third grade work, which now consists of ...
Ice, then snow, then cabin fever
What a week. Lost power, restored power, ice, ice, more ice. No internet, a quickie blizzard, serious cabin fever. It’s been mostly fun for the boys since...
TBT December 2010, when I was important
I recently agreed to serve on two unrelated committees and realized I needed to unearth my old day planner to stay organized. I knew exactly where it was –...
Chromosomes and Adoption: Not my favorite Science lesson
The subject of our boys’ adoptions come up rarely, so rarely that we all forget that that’s how we became a family. It’s a non-issue most of t...
School update and a book review
We’ve begun our second week of school and if the boys keep at this pace we’ll be finished by March. Not really, but they are zooming through the fir...