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First memory verse for the school year
Asking the kids to memorize this verse has given us new questions to ask during those times when the kids are doing everything but seeking to live peaceably with one another. Our curriculum: Young Peacemaker
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Family Read-Alouds
A “Thankful Thursday” post On days that I do not leave the house, even if I’ve done several chores, I don’t really feel like I’ve done anything. Today I loaded, unloaded, reloaded, and ran the dishwasher. Fed the family a couple of times. Sorted and began washing the laundry. Made a run to the grocery…
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Visiting Montevallo
Hannah and I took a little field trip today to American Village to listen to Mr. Robert Lightfoot, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center, talk about his life in small-town Montevallo, Alabama, to director of one of the ten NASA centers in the US. I don’t have any pictures from his talk because I…
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Thankful Thursday
Wow, it feels like it was just yesterday that I was writing a Thankful Thursday post. It’s hard to believe that a whole week has already passed. Today I am doing my best to give thanks for the messes I will have to work on this afternoon. After the Christmas holidays, I dragged and dragged…
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Thanksgiving Day 3
Gray. Wet. Cold. Sounds muted by the constant drizzle outside the window. The kids and I finished up our lessons, ate a bite, snuggled up and settled down in the family room for an afternoon of reading. I chose Helen Keller. Completely captivated by her story, they refused my stopping until we turned the last…
Leslie Wiggins 