Daytona Speedway

My two boys (the big one and the bigger one), Billy & Cimion went to Daytona Speedway today. They’re participating in a 5K walk/run right on the track. They so so psyched to be able to walk on Daytona Speedway. They went with Cimion’s former foster brother and his father. I just spoke to Billy (he called me right after the walk) and he said they were having a great time. Part of the package was admission to...

Day Thirty Six

This week, Cimion & Shawna attended a Storytelling class at our library. It’s a twice a week class that goes until April. It’s being given by members of the Ocali Storytellers Guild. They really enjoyed it! Another homeschooled boy that we know is taking the class also and they were very happy to see him. The last time we saw his family was at Shawna’s birthday party so it was nice to catch up a bit....

Day Thirty Five

Jacqueline loved Girl Scout camp….so much that she never called me once the whole weekend! LOL!! I gave her my cell phone but she said she was having to much fun. Her troop leaders are so great, they make it really fun for the girls. I bought disposable cameras for the whole troop so the girls could take pictures. I can’t wait to see them. Billy & I went out Saturday night and my mom came over and stayed...

Day Thirty Four

Jacqueline went back to the jazz class she tried last week. She said she enjoyed it so we paid for the month. It’s so weird for me to have a daughter in a a dance class having spent so many years teaching other kids dance. She met up with a girl that used to be in her Daisy troop so she’s kinda happy to see a familiar face. Shawna’s decided to try Girl Scouts so I found a troop for her and she went for the...

Colonial America

Cimion & Shawna have an on going interest in the Colonial America time period. I printed out a *timeline for them and we found some interactive websites while checking around online.A Colonial family & CommunityColonial KidsColonial Williamsburg for kidsOur AmericaYou are the historianIndentured slavesThe Salem witch trials. They also took out videos from the library the other day:1. Who’s that Stepping on...

Day Thirty Two

I took Cimion to his Yu-Gi-Oh Duelist League on Saturday. Shawna came with me and we sat in Joe Muggs (in Books A Million)and had hot chocolate. She had a white chocolate cookie and I had a brownie with mine. It was nice to just hang out with her for a while. I try to make it a point to spend a little time alone with each of them. After that we checked out the clearance racks and I bought a book on volcanos and a mad libs...

The Grateful Wall

During the fall, I had been thinking of a way my family & I could express gratefullness on an ongoing basis. I thought of, and tried a few different ways but none fit. I was looking for something that would be accessable and that we could all participate in at a moments notice. I also wanted it to be something we could share with others. What I decided to do was start a grateful wall.I have a small area of empty wall...

Day Thirty

The 2nd Carnival of Unschooling has been posted. Come take a look! You’ll find our entry near the bottom. Share

Day Twenty Nine

I found a new place for Jacqueline to get her hair done. After the last incident, I need to be careful of who I let Jacqueline be exposed to. She is much more than just her skin color and I don’t want her thinking she has to conform to someone else’s idea of what she should be. She tried out a jazz dance class this week and liked it. It’s on Monday evenings and I told her she can attend as long as she wants...

Time Capsule

My kids wanted to put a time capsule together, being it was the start of a new year. We decided to bury it in the yard and open it next January. We decorated a plastic quart size container and each of my three put in: 1. a photograph of themselves taken last month.2. a self portrait using colored pencils.3. a hand tracing.4. a list of their favorite’s (food, snack, drink, movie, playstation game, computer game and...