Field Trip
What to do when your big sister's college class has an amazing field trip? Double it as a homeschool nature exploration day! [...]
What to do when your big sister's college class has an amazing field trip? Double it as a homeschool nature exploration day! [...]
Welcoming our newest little farm members: the Guinea Pig Triplets! [...]
How eight months of one system taught the girls how to keep a neater barracks! [...]
How better to celebrate a long first day of college semester than to watch fireworks from three parks atop the Disney Springs parking garage? [...]
Discovering how quickly my children find stuff on my phone (camera) I've never found... I'm sure technology is made for kids. [...]
July 8, 2018 Fireworks Over the Matanzas Ask any of my kids what their favorite day is one answer will be… “Fourth of July!” Why? Because we always go downtown to watch the best fireworks show ever! (Okay, maybe I’m a little prejudiced because I live here, but I get [...]
June 30, 2018 Guinea Pig “Toddler” Since we had a baby Guinea Pig (Sweet Potato) born on the fourth of June, we’ve been studying Guinea Pig growth. Oh my, do they grow fast! Not only do these amazing animal moms deliver live babies with a full coat, open eyes, claws, [...]
June 26, 2018 Houdini Hot Wings “Mom, he’s out again!” The most idiotic of all chickens is this Buff Orpington cockerel who hates the safety of his pen. I mean, what is it with this bird? He has food, water, playmates, and protection from things that would pick their teeth [...]
June 13, 2018 Relax and Rest Sometimes I just feel overwhelmed with thoughts. I feel like my mind is going to blow a fuse (or already has blown through a few and I’m on the last one, staring at an empty box and praying this one holds). I’ve taught myself [...]
June 5, 2018 Crafting Cages Last month we built two big mobile cages for our livestock One is for the “teenager” chickens (those between just feathered and adult, about 6 weeks to 24 weeks). Rebeccah bought the clearance Buff Orpington straight run (mixed males and females) from Tractor Supply at [...]