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 [...]
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!!
Last week Christian had his pack meeting. He finally received all the belt loops and pins that he worked so hard on in October and early November. He got the following belt loops: swimming, wildlife conservation, geology, citizenship, marbles, astronomy. And he got the following pins: geology, weather, citizenship and [...]
A Visitor From The Past (author unknown)
I had a dream the other night, I didn’t understand.
A figure walking through the mist, with flintlock in his hand.
His clothes were torn and dirty, as he stood there by my bed.
He took off his three-cornered hat, and speaking low, he said:
“We fought a revolution, to secure our liberty.
We [...]
Well, we are back from our short camping trip. I’ll post some photos tomorrow. Some of the things I learned about myself were:
I’m not as much a country girl as I’d like to be
I don’t like bugs
It’s not fun to pee behind a tree when guys on ATVs could zoom by at any [...]
Now that I have come out of my self-imposed hibernation (aka summer in Texas), it’s time to go camping. The thing is, I haven’t been camping in at least 10 years. And I’ve never been camping with kids!
God be with me!
Now that the misery of high summer is over, the plants are coming out of self-preservation mode. I have a few pomegranates growing on my tiny little bush:
And the chili petin pepper plant is finally starting to produce hundreds of peppers!
I transplanted my butternut squash plants and planted some yellow pear tomatoes — we’ll [...]
It’s that time of year again: Monarch butterfly migration! I love Monarch butterflies. We planted milkweed behind our pool waterfall, so we can just sit outside and enjoy the butterfly visits. One of our favorite things is to watch the growth of the Monarch caterpillars as they make the change from egg, [...]
I was really excited to see that First Fruits of Zion now has a Torah portion Facebook application!
