Number 6 and 7 are being homeschooled until school returns to normal. Sometimes homeschool is structured. We practice math facts and learn new math concepts (in the new ways and the old ways), we do worksheets and practice map skills and read and write. We also practice cursive just about daily because after watching Number
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This Could Be A Gift
One of the biggest gifts to come out of the pandemic is the ways in which my life has been simplified. It has put a big spotlight on how crazy life was before March. And it’s helped me figure out what is really most important to me. We are 9 days away from Thanksgiving (in
Seven Down, Ninety-Three To Go
Last week I wrote this post about how I have developed some really horrible sleep habits over the last 15 years and how my sleep hygiene is terrible and how I am addicted to watching my iPad in bed in order to get to sleep and how this routine is preventing me from getting a
50,000 Opportunities
Did you know we average like 50,000 thoughts a day? That’s more than 2000 thoughts an hour. And experts estimate that 70% of these thoughts are negative. That’s a lot of f*%$ing negative thoughts! The good thing about this is that you get to choose what thoughts you believe. Let’s say someone who has never
She’s Coming Home
Almost three years ago when she was 11 years old, Number 4 discovered a particular boarding school and she set her sights on going there for high school. She didn’t want to go to any boarding school. She wanted to go to that one. Last October we went to visit and have an interview. Knowing
They’ll Do It When They Are Ready
Most of you know I was serious swimmer all the way through college, and then after college I started coaching swimming. Actually, I started coaching in the summers at a country club while I was still in college. And over the past 30 years I’ve coached in some capacity at some level. I’ve been an