From the monthly archives:

March 2007

Yet Another Reason… To Keep Them Home

by Alison on March 29, 2007

Poor Behavior Is Linked to Time in Day Care Does this even surprise anyone?! "Every year spent in such centers for at least 10 hours per week was associated with a 1 percent higher score on a standardized assessment of problem behaviors completed by teachers"  And how many kids do you know who go to [...]

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Positively Presidential

by Alison on March 20, 2007

7 yr old Jaron and 6 yr old Liberty were ‘studying’ the presidents laminated poster/placemat after breakfast… looking for presidents that shared their birthday months.  When they came to Bill Clinton, Jaron told Liberty about how his wife now wants to be president and… "Did you know his wife has a temper?!  I heard on [...]

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Beautifying Barrettes

by Alison on March 20, 2007

4 yr old Grace- "Mom, you look kinda weird.  Maybe you should put a barrette on, that would look pretty." I guess she’s not used to seeing my hair down around the house… Share this!FacebookStumbleUponEmailPrint

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Piling Up on My Desk…

by Alison on March 16, 2007

Hi all, well that week sure flew by… we’ve been keeping busy, and then some!  I’ve taken so many pictures of our projects and adventures but haven’t had time to blog any of them.  I’ve been playing with digital photo album software and laying out a yearbook and all kinds of fun projects like that. [...]

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Botany- Taxonomy

by Alison on March 10, 2007

    One of the main things we’re doing with our little coop is going through the wonderful "Exploring Creation with Botany" by Jeannie Fulbright for Apologia.     Lesson 1 begins with learning just what botany is… the study of plants.  One of the first things we needed to learn when beginning our study of botany [...]

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That's Why They Call It MinneSNOWta!

by Alison on March 2, 2007

This is for you southerners… you know who you are… Out my back door- Out my front door- On my deck railing- So if you could refrain from bragging, er, um, blogging about getting out and starting those flower gardens already… that would help… the winter’s get a little long up here, it does things [...]

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Still Cool to Coop…

by Alison on March 2, 2007

Well, we’re snowed in for the second weekend in a row, from the second major snowstorm in as many weeks… you’d think I would have all the time in the world to blog, blog, and blog some more… but alas, I’ve just been swamped with projects- knitting, cleaning, organizing, rearranging… I guess since I’m sitting [...]

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