homeschooling the heathens

Return of the Black Thumb

Despite last year's complete failure as gardeners, the kids and I have decided to give it another shot this year. Mommy has decided to cheat a little this year though by buying a few starter plants....

"Mom, Pokemon IS Educational!"

These are the words muttered to me by MonkeyBoy recently when I informed him that he needs to do something educational for awhile. You see, he received Pokemon Colosseum for Gamecube for Christmas...

Let Them Eat Cake...With Veggies!!

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m not big on the whole cooking thing. I usually cook for one reason alone...because I have to. I’m the mom and it’s part of the job description but that doesn’t mean...

Who Are You? I Really Gotta Know...

Anyone who watches CSI: Las Vegas will know what the title is all about. Either that or just read this whole post. LOL. I have sorely neglected this blog and I hate that because I have so many things...

A Real Post. Shocking I Know

I'm sorry to post back to back reviews on you. I like sharing with the rest of you great stuff I come across but I'm definately not turning this into a review blog. If you would like to see...

A Cool Unschooling MeMe

I’ve seen all the homeschooling memes going around and wanted to join in but at least half of the questions usually don’t apply to us and our kind of homeschooling. I would say we are definately...

Why Pluto Is No Longer A Planet

We all have read the scientific explanation of why Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet instead of one of our well known nine planets. Some of us may have even read the whole longgggg discussion on...

Okay So Maybe We’ll Start NEXT Week

My plan was to start our new “school year” the day after Labor Day. I tried to be all organized and suave about things but OY did it ever not go the way I thought! LOLLast week we were able to finish...

This Week Is Better…

very painful but better. lolSaturday I took both of the boys to a Radio Disney giveaway/program at the big mall. Big B fell in like with one of the dancers and now wants to be one. I can’t help but...

Well Now It’s Official…

My daughter received her first set of practice poi from some friends of ours for her birthday last week so she is more determined than ever to be a fire-spinner.She has decided against being a...