My daughters have been mainly happy with the chicks, and not happy with the new chores, but we had a minor epiphany last weekend. Around a dozen girls were here, ages 2 to 11, for Saskia’s 7th birthday party. All of them are currently or were in the same homeschooling program. Somewhere in […]
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
In these two little gems, my eldest daughter, Malakai (10), is dancing and singing with her classmates. These kids all homeschool with the same program, Alternative Family Education, and this play was part of a California history class they’ve been in all year. Malakai is in the center of the dance line, tall […]
As per my earlier Twitter:
We found the last place w baby chicks of and 4 girls are on the go. Mo Blog Later.
… which was written on the go, while I was on a last house errand after we strapped my two-year-old neighbor in the back with my six-year-old and her eight-year-old friend. In the […]
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Over the years I’ve tried not to make a big deal out of being a remote employee, or remotee in Red Hat lingo. I’m a big proponent of distance work, and am now fairly experienced with the last seven years as a 100% telecommuter and distributed team member. But … the topic […]
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
(Catching up with this post, since I started it but didn’t complete it when we got back from Sutter’s Fort.)
We returned to the 21st century on Wednesday 28 December, driving back with both girls and their good friend Mikaela. We stayed overnight on Monday at a homeschoolmate’s brother-in-law’s house in Sacramento. Thanks, Dylan! […]
Tonight I’m lining up these pages for some science video fun to watch with my girls. We’re looking for cool experiments to be inspired to try. Also, Malakai asked to see an old favorite we used to call “The Packet Movie” when she was three and four.
http://www.krampf.com/ Robert Krampf’s really cool science […]
Monday, November 26, 2007
In a few hours I’m leaving with my daughters for a California History class trip to Sutter’s Fort, in old town Sacramento.
The entire class are dressing in period costumes and acting as docents for the various exhibits all throughout the day on Tuesday. I’ll be playing “Owen Sumner”, who came to Sutter’s Fort in […]