Yesterday, the 29th, we finished up our lessons after a rocky start and picked up our dear friends, the Chens, for a day at the Zoo. An hour drive is tough for the little ones, but they made it all the way. The syracuse Zoo is bigger than our RossPark Zoo, but not by too [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Syracuse Zoo Visit
Posted in Animals, Pictures, community, friends, homeschooling, tagged field trip, homeschooling, memberships, Rosamond Gifford Zoo, syracuse ny, syracuse Zoo on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ross Park Zoo, Binghamton, NY
Posted in Animals, Exotic, Pictures, community, critters, homeschooling, tagged Binghamton, homeschooling, NY, Ross Park Zoo, Zoo, Zoo field Trip on April 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, we went to the Local Zoo, Ross Park Zoo, after we picked up B. from Shakespeare rehersal. It was over 90 degrees out and the path is mostly shaded, but mostly up hill(really steep hill). We has water and how camera, so off we went to explore the zoo. They are building many new [...]
Nature Notes
Posted in Pictures, arts, tagged bleeding heart flowers, Bleeding Hearts, Blooming Plum tree, mushrooms, My Yard is blooming, Nature, Nature Notes, Nature Pictures on April 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This post had TONS!! of pictures from my area that fascinated me this week. All pertaining to nature, so enjoy!
Geometry
Posted in Pictures, Waldorf, arts, homeschooling, tagged 7th grade, geometry, homeschooling, seventh, Seventh Grade, Waldorf on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
B. is cranking out his mathematics work in Fractions, Decimals, Algebra and Geometry. In his Geometry study he has taken it upon himself to study out of Jamie Yorks Middle School Mathematics Manual. He has created several drawings that reflect some of the properties he is learning about.
We are getting there.
Dr Seuss Swap
Posted in Pictures, arts, friends, tagged Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a WHo, Knitting, Odd Duck Swap, ravelry, Ravelry Swap on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is so exciting! I finally was able to send off my package to my ravelry partner for our Odd Duck Swap themed Dr. Seuss.
I spent a lot of time knitting up a huge Horton stuffed animal from, “Horton Hears a Who”. I ordered two books and a soy candle for the package, then placed [...]
Chicks are getting BIGGER!
Posted in Animals, Pictures, critters, homesteading, tagged chickens, comets, golden, golden comet chicks, raising chickens on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy 10th Birthday!
Posted in Pictures, birthday, celebrations, family, friends, parties, tagged 10th birthday, 10th birthday party, birthday party, children's birthday party, GFCF, knight birthday, knights theme on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Out Theme: Knights
Our agenda: Folks arrive. As the children arrive their names are jotted down on a list in order they arrive. Children are encouraged to create their very own shield using stickers and markers. Once all have completed their shield we proceed with the Joust! The Joust consists of 2 Hoppity Balls and 2 [...]
It’s been a while
Posted in Waldorf, arts, birthday, celebrations, community, family, friends, homeschooling, parties, tagged 10!, A Midsummer Nights Dream, birthdays, Blogs, Boys, education, Extra Lesson, Faerie Festival, Gnome Home Radio, homschooling, Knights, party, Ren Faire, Seventh Grade, Third Grade, Waldorf, waldorf homeschooling on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, if I have any pictures of anything I might have been doing for the past week and a half, they are still on my camera, so aren’t getting put in this post anyway. Sorry. Just been lazy about the picture thing. Even when I have wanted to take pictures for some event, I would [...]
Hockey!
Posted in Pictures, community, homeschooling, tagged Binghamton NY, binghamton S, hockey on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friday, we entered our home teams arena not as simply fans, but as homeschoolers. We were going to watch the practice and take a tour of the building. It was fun to see the Binghamton Senators practice and neat to see the maintenance area and getting close up with the Zamboni. All the kids had [...]
New Family Member!
Posted in Animals, critters, family, tagged new dog on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is Sadie! She is an elder dog, that had been rescued a few years ago from a poor situation by a caring woman whom lives nearby. She has had an increase her time commitments and cannot care for Sadie properly, so had been looking for a new home her. With no one willing to [...]










