Brandy on January 25th, 2010

Our homeschool Girl Scout troop held an investiture ceremony, and it turned out very nicely. I’d never heard of an investiture before, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Alyssa had done bridging twice, so I wasn’t expecting to do it for a few years. I’m glad our leader decided to [...]

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Brandy on January 23rd, 2010

Christian had his Pinewood Derby recently…
Here is his car — in the lead:

Here he is getting his division first place trophy:

Here’s an action shot of the all-around finals:

AND… here’s Christian getting the Grand Champion trophy!!

I am so proud of him!!

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Brandy on January 16th, 2010

I recently bought a $5  unit study covering the Vancouver Olympics. It’s a 13-day study, so we will begin closer to when the Olympics actually begin — in about 27 days. It’s very hands-on, so I am sure I will have a lot of photos to post!

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Brandy on January 6th, 2010

A friend sent me the link to the Global Rich List. Often we look at how much more others have than we do, when we should equally look at how much more we have than so many others.

I’m loaded.
It’s official.
I’m the 23,307,088 richest person on earth!

How rich are you? >>

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Brandy on January 4th, 2010

After a very lengthy break (five days) we are back to school again. Hopefully there will soon be more photos up of our many homeschooling adventures!

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Brandy on January 1st, 2010

I hope everyone has a very happy and prosperous new year!

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