where I talk with my inside voice
Earlier this summer, I told the kids I wanted to take a history field trip to Springfield, IL, to see the Lincoln museum. They were open to the idea, so I scheduled it and bought tickets. Josie ended up catching some bug that was going around, so she stayed home. Noah and I enjoyed seeing some of the sights, including...
This week is the 200th anniversary of Missouri becoming a state and part of the celebration was held in St. Charles – Missouri’s first capitol. I took the kids to see the festivities. There were booths arranged in chronological order representing many different parts of our history and heritage. There was a fife and drum corps. There were games and...
We spent two weeks, and drove over 750 miles across Virginia, for a home-school history field-trip. Photos are now up in my album. I sure had fun. I hope we made some memories that will last in the kids’ minds.
I’m taking something of a sabbatical from Facebook – I’ve only posted there a handful of times this year. I don’t check it obsessively, like I once did. In fact, sometimes an entire 24-hour period will go by without me even logging in (gasp!). But this post isn’t about Facebook. It’s about what I do now when I find something...
