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Xman turns seven!

These boys had waited patiently (not!) for their birthdays and on Thursday it was Xman’s turn to be super excited. He already knew what his present was as he is the one who found it but now he got to...

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Make and Listen

This is my first time joining in on the Make&Listen Along for I am finally starting a new project! I recently knitted a hat for myself, although easy as it was I kept making mistakes. Now onto some...

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Nature excursion and search

We have had a couple of fun weeks keeping our eyes peeled more than usual for fun and interesting bits of nature for our nature exchange. Two wonderful places we went were Lawrencetown Beach and Point...

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Homeschool Adventure Week 6&7

During week 6 my cousin from Ontario paid us a pleasant visit. For her is was a time to relax, see family and see the sights. The boys super-enjoyed having her here as did we! Along with visit and...

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Viewing Ursa Major in miniature

My boys love the sky, anytime of year, anytime of day. A while ago we crafted these great star gazer scopes by Alphabet Glue and they now sit on our window sill for easy access. The boys are always in...

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Homeschool Adventure Week #8 and the Eclipse

  It was an unschooling week this time around what with the usual programs and Halloween. We went to two parties, one of which consisted of finding dragon eggs with much excitement! Inside each egg was...

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…in with the new!

It’s been a few weeks and a lot of work while the house has been resided. The change for us is very exciting but we also watched it happen so it’s a bit less of a surprise. We do love our new home –...

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Homeschool Adventure Week 9

This past week we sent out our nature box to Latvia! We loved being a part of the nature exchange! These are some of the finding we have left over. Hmmm…now where to put them all? The boys helped as we...

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Weekending

This weekend was one of very few that I have off entirely. I usually work Sundays so this was a treat. Down side, Stephen had a lot of work to do which made it easier with me off to hang with the boys....

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HOMESCHOOL ADVENTURE WEEK 10

This week was all about the number six. We were talking about shapes that had to do with the number six, such as a cube (six sides), a tetrahedron (has six edges), and an octahedron (has six points)....

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A nature gift!

Just today I was FaceTiming with a wonderful friend. We ended up talking for a fair part of the afternoon and it felt good to connect and share. When we had finished I went to check the mail, and...

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Make and Listen

This is my first time joining in on the Make&Listen Along for I am finally starting a new project! I recently knitted a hat for myself, although easy as it was I kept making mistakes. Now onto some...

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Nature excursion and search

We have had a couple of fun weeks keeping our eyes peeled more than usual for fun and interesting bits of nature for our nature exchange. Two wonderful places we went were Lawrencetown Beach and Point...

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Homeschool Adventure Week 6&7

During week 6 my cousin from Ontario paid us a pleasant visit. For her is was a time to relax, see family and see the sights. The boys super-enjoyed having her here as did we! Along with visit and...

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Felt garland and didgeridoos

This week we have been making holiday decorations. I was aiming on the beginning of the month to begin crafting but better late than never! And from time to time the boys run outside all suited up and...

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Winter Solstice candle making, new traditions and thank you’s

Remember those felt candies from the last post? Here they are all laid out in a pattern so that we would know how to thread them all on since we make red and green ones. This was Xman’s work. He simply...

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Self-directed learning and video games

I have a hard time most days letting my kids play video games. It’s not because there are really violent games out there, although I am fully aware of this fact. That is not a problem because we...

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Winter Walk Weekending

On Jan 3rd we had a crazy blizzard. The police shut down the malls and the bus system. It was beautiful to see from inside our cozy home and the boys even went outside to play in the -17C plus...

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The beauty of film

Last year (ya, that’s right) I took out my twin-lens Mamiya, bought some xp2. I was itching to shoot some film and shortly after I purchased a couple of rolls we had a lovely snowfall so I brought my...

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Nature exchange package arrives!

A couple of days ago our nature exchange package arrived from Latvia! It was late, yes, but the family is expecting another baby and many of us know how that can affect other things. We were super...

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