Ohio and Missouri Collide For A Few Moments

This week has been an exciting one. We were able to spend some time with my Uncle Mick while getting ready for the annual visit of my Nana. On Friday, both events collided for a few hours as Nana arrived before Mick had to leave. We headed down to Mom and Dad’s [...]

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Ohio and Missouri Collide For A Few Moments

This week has been an exciting one. We were able to spend some time with my Uncle Mick while getting ready for the annual visit of my Nana. On Friday, both events collided for a few hours as Nana arrived before Mick had to leave. We headed down to Mom and Dad’s [...]

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What Did You Get For Me???

It is our homeschool family tradition to visit the library at least once a week. And we enjoy, and look forward to that visit. Especially if we know something our hard-working libarians have found for us is finally ready to be picked up. Last night was no exception. They’d been holding [...]

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I Don’t Know What I Would Have Done…

My uncle is in town on business so Mom and Dad have had a wonderful time visiting with him. Last night we went to spend the evening with them, and my brother and his family joined us as well. There was a lot of the usual ‘family stories’, and we shared some new ones as [...]

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I Don’t Know What I Would Have Done…

My uncle is in town on business so Mom and Dad have had a wonderful time visiting with him. Last night we went to spend the evening with them, and my brother and his family joined us as well. There was a lot of the usual ‘family stories’, and we shared some new ones as [...]

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Daddy Fix It!!!

Yesterday I broke a plate. Not our normal pfaltzgraff ones that continue to amaze me with their fortitude. No. Not those. But a melamine one. One probably from the 50’s or 60’s. Small and orange. Mismatched. Good for children’s meals and snacks. You know the kind. Indestructible. Until yesterday. I was pulling out a bowl [...]

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School Funding Budget Bill Update from the Ohio Coalition of eSchool Families

Budget Bill Clears Conference Committee Unanimously; Floor Vote Expected Today
After hours of debate, the joint House-Senate conference committee passed the budget bill out of committee 6-0 last night around 8:00pm.
Our voices were heard! Thank you to everyone who worked tirelessly to ensure our eSchools were not harmed over the past four months. We know [...]

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Nurture vs. Nature

Sometimes I look at my kids and wonder just where they came from. At the moment, the boys usually form that question in my mind because they are busy testing the limits of something or failing to think at all before they do something. Like whacking the landscaping with their golf clubs ‘just [...]

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Think It Will Catch On???

It seems that Laura is quite the inventor. Apparently she didn’t like what I’d given her to use so she came up with her own…
Did you see it? Look closely! Yes… there they are. Her crayons. She didn’t want to use the container I’d delegated. So she made up her own. Think she’ll be able [...]

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Think It Will Catch On???

It seems that Laura is quite the inventor. Apparently she didn’t like what I’d given her to use so she came up with her own…
Did you see it? Look closely! Yes… there they are. Her crayons. She didn’t want to use the container I’d delegated. So she made up her own. Think she’ll be able [...]

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