our dozen beautiful feet

I read this today in my devotional time from "A Godward Life", by John Piper. It's just too good not to share. I will come back to this again and again when I'm discouraged in homeschooling. "A Compelling Reason for Rigorous Training of the Mind Thoughts on the Significance of Reading I was reading and meditating on the Book of Hebrews recently, when it hit me forcefully that a basic and compelling reason for education - the rigorous training of the mind - is so that a person can read the Bible with understanding. This sounds too obvious to be useful or compelling, but that is because we take the preciousness of reading for granted.  We fail to appreciate the kind of thinking that a complex Bible passage requires. The Book of Hebrews, for example, is an intellectually challenging argument based on Old Testament texts.  The points that the author makes hang on biblical observations that come only from rigorous reading, not light skimming.  Understandin...

This week, we came to understand how World War II was brought to a close.  We all were sobered to read about the destruction and devastation across Europe, and the effects of the world's first atom bomb in Japan.  After weeks of studying war, we're glad for it to be over. The big news this week is that Levi has officially started kindergarten!  I didn't think he was ready in the fall, but he does NOT want to wait until September, so he's digging in now!  He's blowing through his Math -U-See Primer with a smile on his face. This is what greets me every Sunday as i plan for school for the week.   Song School Latin.  We all LOVE to watch the videos.   Levi and Meryn practicing their letters. Luke and Kiryn learning about and practicing pointillism.   Earlier in January, I also hosted my first Tapestry Tea!  I finished my advisor training and am now officially a Tapestry Advisor!  I feel really privileged to ...

Yes.  They happened.  The fall really got away from me!  Also, I find it hard to document the weeks when we don't have a fun craft or activity.  And since I'm just really bad at the activity side of things, there are many weeks that I don't have any pictures. We finished the first unit and had a wonderful Unit Celebration, our first one ever!  My parents and grandparents came, and the kids did a great job displaying their work. Sad to say I did not get any pictures! We were too busy hosting! :) When Christmas came, the kids were so excited to have our own lights on a house.  We've never been able to do that before, so ti was a big deal to them.  Paul began by putting them up in a tree, and promptly fell out.  He broke both of his wrists! It has been a whirlwind the past six weeks.  Thankfully, he is recovering really well. He is able to do almost everything except lift more than five pounds.  He obviously had to quit at UPS and has ...