Brandy on January 1st, 2010

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

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Brandy on December 8th, 2009

Our homeschool tween girls’ group got together to decorate gingerbread houses. I was dreading the mess, but it turned out to be so much fun! And, believe it or not, there was very little mess!
Christin and I made several double batches of royal icing and scooped some into baggies. The deco items [...]

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Brandy on December 2nd, 2009

We met up with another group of friends to have lunch at a local place called Tea for Two. If you haven’t guessed, it’s a tearoom! It’s very, very girly, and my 8-year-old son was not thrilled with attending with us. But the other moms were so great about making him feel [...]

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Brandy on November 24th, 2009

Today the kids and I met up with some friends at Arts of Glaze, a local pottery painting place. Because we had a group of over 10, the opened early just for us. How nice is that? Alyssa painted a pretty pale blue and silver candy dish and a little penguin. [...]

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Brandy on November 18th, 2009

Our homeschool group had its annual Friendship Feast yesterday. I did take photos, but for some reason most didn’t turn out well. It was a gorgeous day, though! The Tween Girls’ group filled shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child, which sends goodie-filled shoe boxes to children overseas. What a blessing that [...]

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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.
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