Brandy on December 14th, 2009

We had our 4th annual CHA Christmas Party at a local park. The park had a pond, which was ringed by many pretty, colored trees, and with the mist in the air, I thought it would make a nice photo.

As we were taking photos, I saw these huge, rat-like creatures come out of the [...]

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Brandy on December 10th, 2009

This Saturday my family is going to go do something special. I am really excited about it, and I can’t wait to post photos so you can see what we did.
I will give a hint … it’s WAY more important than high school football playoff games!
Please come back on Saturday night or Sunday sometime [...]

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Brandy on December 3rd, 2009

Our homeschool Cadette troop was lucky enough to go on a tour of our local HEB Cypress Market. We got to speak to the produce manager, the seafood manager, the meat market manager and a baker.
We learned the proper way to check for ripeness of an avocado — and it’s not by squeezing it! [...]

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Brandy on November 11th, 2009

One of the best things about homeschooling is that you are not shackled by the public school calendar or schedule. So, for example, if your school district doesn’t think Veterans’ Day warrants a holiday, it’s no matter. You are free to honor our Veterans on their special day by attending your city’s parade.
I [...]

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Brandy on October 22nd, 2009

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!

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Brandy on October 14th, 2009

Today our wonderful homeschool group went to the Burton Cotton Gin Museum…
I saw my first fruiting pecan tree. The kids learned all about cotton, cotton picking, cotton pulling, cotton seeds, ginning by hand, ginning by machine…
The tour of the old cotton gin was pretty cool. The largest internal combustion engine operates in the [...]

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Brandy on October 6th, 2009

CHA went to the Oil Ranch recently. We had never been, and we had a great time. It had rained the day and night before, so we were happy that the Oil Ranch was open at all, but the best thing was that the school group that was supposed to be there the [...]

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