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Just Wing It: Not-So-Mysterious Bruise
Nova had to have a minor gum surgery after her braces were removed. She wanted to be put under so the doc tried an IV but, as the poor girl inherited my veins, it was not a success. Fortunately she...
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Unschooling Typing Skills
I graduated from high school in 1983. Computers were just beginning to move into schools and homes. My family had a rarely used typewriter, so when I signed up for typing class my junior year, I was...
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Just Wing It: Sleep Aid
Nova swears Lock actually said this. I didn’t hear it, so I can’t attest.
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Just Wing It: Sister Clones
Nova has been drawing comics of our family life, so I thought I’d post some here. The title of her comic is “Just Wing It.” (Why, yes, it is related to the title of my blog! Thanks so much for...
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Movie Monday: Early Animation
When my artistic daughter started experimenting with animations, this was one of her first, and her first success with lip-syncing an animation. She took snippets of her cousins’ voices from various...
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My Favorite Comic
Welcome to my favorite comic strip! Okay, I admit … I might be bit biased. This is a 100% homeschool comic strip, brought to life by three real-life homeschooled teens. The author is my 13-year-old...
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10,000 Hours
When the Beatles were a fledgling band, they went to Hamburg, Germany, and spent several years playing more than 1,200 live shows in clubs and bars, accumulating over 10,000 hours of playing time. When...
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NaNoWriMo
My two oldest kids are participating in NaNoWriMo - that’s National Novel Writing Month, in case you didn’t know. Authors attempt to write 50,000 words in the thirty days of the month of November; kids...
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Movie Monday: The Ninja Video
Proud parent moment here: the director and voiceovers are my 13yo daughter; the star of the show is my 11yo son; the bit parts are my 7yo son and 5yo daughter. This is entirely their idea and...
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Pecans = Math
About seven years ago … “Look, Mom, I broke my pecan in half.” “Mmm-hmmm. Does it taste better that way?” “Now I broke both halves in half. Now I eat them!” “Wow! Do you know that when you break a...
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