Home School Life

Ooh, six more days!
Tonight we went to get our tree. I can never get my tree before school gets out, so we always head out the Saturday after school gets out and get it. This usually means that we get a GREAT deal, and this year was no different. We went to a small locally-owned [...]

Today Alice had day one of her three day visit at school. All new students go through this formal process of visiting the class, the parents interview with the teacher and then a decision is made as to enrollment. I was somewhat surprised that the school wanted Alice to go through this process — we [...]

I had a busy weekend!
Phew! Those before pics were at the top of this blog for WAY too long. I was so happy to finally get the horrible wall of wallpaper completely stripped and painted. It was a bit like peeling after a sunburn — actually kind of fun, except for the ladder and my [...]

Well today is the day and I have officially done nothing to prepare. There’s no candy in the house. The kids’ dad got their costumes and they’ll be out with him tonight. This will be my first Halloween since having children that I can do whatever I want. I may actually stay home and give [...]

So I finally cleaned out the loft. I’m realizing that I am very lucky to have a space like this. It is a little area off my bedroom with folding shutter doors that close it off. It is open to the downstairs below and because of this it really does not work as a mini-bedroom [...]