Drawing Lessons in our Homeschool

My kids love to draw, so I've scheduled into our homeschooling day some time for drawing instruction. Jaden is working through Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (the workbook), and he and I have been extremely pleased with it so far. After only a week, I think his drawing has already improved. The [...]

She's a Quick-Sick-Chick

Joely seems to have a habit of getting sick—as in "get-a-bucket-over-here-quick-or-I'm-spewing-on-the-couch" kind of sick—and then bouncing back minutes later like it never happened. Like today, for instance. As I wrote earlier, she woke up this morning—the day of her birthday party—feeling a little puny. She tried to eat a little toast for breakfast, moped around [...]

A Birthday Bust

Joely's sixth birthday party was scheduled for today at one. Five of Joely's closest friends planned to come to have some girl-time together, and of course she's really been looking forward to it. But then Joely vomited. And we had to reschedule. Not fun.

On the Subject of Parents and Education (a humorous view)

The Golden Goblet (a vocabulary list/glossary)

In preparation for the school year, I've been trying to read through some of the books my kids will be reading this year. One of those books they will be reading for history is the Newberry Honor book The Golden Goblet, by Eloise Jarvis McGraw. The book is historical fiction about Egypt, and I really [...]

Testosterone overload

There's a whole lot more testosterone at my house than there usually is: my son has three of his friends over for his birthday sleepover. His friends brought their Wii controllers with them, so as I type this post, all four boys are playing a 4-player game on the Wii. And it's noisy. Very noisy. [...]

We're back!

Thanks to Mr. Happy Housewife (Toni's husband), Happy to be at Home is up and running again. We're with a new hosting company now, so hopefully our down time will be a thing of the past. Thanks for your patience!

Happy to be at Home update

In case you're wondering, my other blog, HappyToBeAtHome.net, is currently offline while we transfer the site to another hosting company. We apologize for any inconvenience. We hope to be up and running again soon!

Can a family of five eat out for less than $15?

We rarely go out to eat, but a friend of ours told us about a restaurant where we could get a full dinner that would feed all five of us for super cheap. He told us that he regularly takes his wife and son to Johnny Carino's, a "country" Italian restaurant chain, where every Monday [...]

Going out of town…again!

I'm sitting here at the Albuquerque airport, awaiting my flight to Oregon, where I'll spend the next week. My nephew is getting married this weekend, and I'm the only one of my immediate family that is going, my parents and other siblings will be there as well, so it will also be a kind of [...]

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