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13 December 2012 La bûche de Noël

Dec 14, 2012

The kids made it (with help!) and it was délicieuse.

11 December 2012 A Visit to Monticello

Dec 13, 2012

The kids practice their Jeffersonian looks before heading up the mountain to Monticello.

4 December 2012 Kid Train

Dec 13, 2012

At Amazement Square in Lynchburg.

29 November 2012 Piano Practice

Dec 13, 2012

27 November 2012 Crozet Pool is Cold

Dec 13, 2012

The thing about homeschooling is that you can have an idea–maybe even a plan–of what you’re going to do in a given day/week/semester/year and then usually you end up spending said day/week/semester/year watching it all turn out differently. Kids have their own timetables. Take Sam and loopercase writing. Loopercase …

2 November 2012 Amazement Square

Nov 4, 2012

Awesome children’s museum in Lynchburg, VA. *I* can’t wait to go back.

1 November 2012 French Club Boogie

Nov 2, 2012

See what I mean? Kids are blurry.

22 October 2012 Aaaaaaa hhhhhh Run Now

Oct 23, 2012

Today we did the old baking-soda-vinegar-volcano project. Always a big hit, but Sam’s favorite part by far was drawing the villagers screaming and running away from the lava flow.

18 October 2012 Work in Progress

Oct 19, 2012

Sam is sewing a rag doll of her own invention, with a little help from me. She’s been reading about children’s lives in colonial America and she wants to do everything girls did back then. Sewing was top on her list. Apparently candle-making is next. “What do we need for candle-making?” I asked. “Tallow,” Sam said. …