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Mrs Hannigan; homeschooling 6 daughters
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Good Morning Sunshine
am not a “morning person.” I wake up confused, my eyes are blurry, my voice is gritty and my body moves slowly. I tumble into the kitchen, straight for the coffee pot and stare at it cross-eyed until there’s enough to fill my cup. ...
Pumpkins, peppers and patience
n my quest to live at a child’s pace, and just let my kids “be” I’ve been making a point each day to accompany my 21 month old on a walk to the garden each afternoon. She gets “itchy” to go outside with the older g...
Learning about Moths
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Road trip to a clean kitchen
The trip we just took to San Juan was exhausting, but wonderful. In my mind, being stuck in the car for hours was probably the worst part. Having 8 souls with different needs occupying a mere 25 square feet (my guess) makes for some piercing shriek...
Graduation and Baby Communication
Our Homeschool group has an annual graduation ceremony. I love it, because it’s for the whole family. My kids look forward to it all year long. They involve all the kids in the group, awarding every child for meeting SOME kind of goal to wra...
An Absolutely Perfect Day
Field trip- San Juan Island Wow- can this have been the best day in our family’s life so far? We arrived at the loading dock for the ferry on time, since I misread the itinerary and didn’t realize that our crossing was figured into the t...
So you think your baby can dance
At the risk of being known as “the lady who keeps posting pictures of her baby dancing” I just had to share this video that my older girls took. If deep thoughts like this rock your world, then please enter your email address: ...
Field Trip to the National Zoo
Last week we went to visit my parents in Baltimore, Maryland. We took the kids to the National Zoo and they had a wonderful time. My sister went recently with her son and was going on and on about how it was “Just like when we were kids”...
Singing & Dancing
Last weekend was a busy weekend on stage for the Russell girls. On the Friday before Mother’s Day, Emilee played Sleeping Beauty in a local production of Cinderella (Or how a guy named Pauly turned out to be a fairly good fairy godmother) She...
