Library Book Sales

Today we hit the library book sale in downtown Portsmouth. If you haven’t been to one of these you should go. Just check your local library website for information. Most have a Friends of the Library organization for fundraising which holds a book sale either once a month or a couple of times a year. [...]

Just Some Good Old Fashioned Summer Fun

John Adams

Anyone else watching the HBO John Adams series? I bought it for my husband for Father’s Day and we’ve been watching it nightly. He’s seen almost all of it and I’ve seen bits of most episodes…I have more interruptions with laundry, the kids etc., and I go to bed earlier. Anyway, it’s very well done [...]

Great American Backyard Campout

I recently saw this posted on an online forum. The fourth annual Great American Backyard Campout is coming up soon. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this (where was I for the first three???) and was wondering if anyone has done this or plans to this month? Sounds like fun and I’m sure my [...]

Crab Wrangling

A favorite summer pass-time of ours is walking down to the river to watch the blue crabs. We’ve been anxiously awaiting their arrival this summer and finally saw a few last week. In summer’s past the kids have loved walking the few blocks to the water to watch the crabs and try to catch one. [...]

Click and Learn

A few cool new resources I thought I’d share… I’ve been in a bit of a slump lately and began searching for a fresh perspective and some new ideas for studying. I came across a couple of resources I hadn’t seen before and thought they were worth sharing. The first is a PBS Teachers Resource [...]

Summer is a Great Time for Exploring Nature

My six year old loves Animal Planet and often pretends to be a croc hunter. My three year old is obsessed with Diego and pretends to rescue animals. I love that they have both become animal lovers. We go on family walks after dinner and often spot cool creatures to look up online. We’ve seen [...]

Is homeschooling bad for kids?

Vote in Parenting’s Poll. I am a regular reader of Parenting Magazine, and when I recently visited their website, I was very surprised to see the majority vote (in one of their quick polls) was against homeschooling. I guess I’m still naive about these matters. It just didn’t occur to me that parents would [...]

Summer is Truly Here

My husband told me last night that he knew summer was finally here. Not because the weather was warmer, or the grass greener, or even because Memorial Day had come. Nope. He said he could always tell summer was here when I started buying ice cream again.
I never realized I was such a creature of [...]

Sweet

Mmmmmmmm chocolate. What’s not to love? I don’t know about you, but I don’t trust people who don’t like chocolate. It’s just bizarre. As I sit here with my hand in a bag of semi-sweet morsels I’ve got my own little piece of heaven. I love cookies too. It’s rare I go a day without [...]