We visit my in-laws on Cape Cod from time to time. One day may include some work that needs to be done around the house. Like other homes and families, spring and summer days may involve mowing the lawn. An autumn day would involve some raking and bagging. Sometimes a day might call for aContinue reading “Labor Intensive”
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Fun and Games
School is out. Children all over are rejoicing. Home-schooling parents are rejoicing with them. Now is the time for a glorious respite from the routines of math, English, and science. Attentions have turned to swimming and riding bikes. I have been looking forward to this time. It means I can stop being a taskmaster makingContinue reading “Fun and Games”
School’s out. Now, get out.
This new week brings us to the end of another school year. The Oppressed, The Boy, and The Gaggle welcome the end of another year in elementary school and high school and the added challenges brought upon by home schooling in this gauntlet they call “Coronapalooza”. God willing, the little Miracles of Christ will returnContinue reading “School’s out. Now, get out.”
Rightfully Mine
I find myself losing more and more to a certain child in my home.
‘Rona
(Sung to “Lola” by The Kinks) I’m stuck here at home with five or six kids Where they just want screens and want to drink Coca-Cola C-O-L-A Cola The Gaggle has to sneeze. The Oppressed needs to cough They do what they must. In a laughing voice they say “’Rona” R-O-N-A Rona, Ro Ro RoContinue reading “‘Rona”
Men at Work
We had a small problem in the backyard recently. The ladder to the swing set broke. It wasn’t too bad. It was just certain rungs and just one side that needed to be fixed. This is to be expected. We’ve had the set for years and our yard was the yard that everyone congregated atContinue reading “Men at Work”
Film Lesson
Monday through Friday is for schoolwork. You’ve read about the drama. You’ve read about the running and the yelling. The blood, sweat, and tears that produce a sentence with a word-count that fits on one hand. On Friday, we celebrate the end of the week with Movie Night. Movie Night happens on Friday and SaturdayContinue reading “Film Lesson”
Dish Duty
The Oppressed got moved to laundry. We ran out of clean clothes. Another of the Gaggle took over dish duty. Aaaannnd…
Home-fooling Around
Our adventures in parenting include taking care of our own children, children in our neighborhood, and some foster children. Our record of biological/foster combo is five. With the recent addition of a child from our street coming over for the day while her parents go to work, we now have a new record of six.Continue reading “Home-fooling Around”
Larry the Tree
We had a tree growing in our front yard right next to our driveway. Yes: had. The tree was dying for a long time and we had been getting rainstorms and windstorms. We didn’t want to take the chance of the tree falling on our house, or worse, falling down on a child. We calledContinue reading “Larry the Tree”
