Sew Darlin’ is having a contest in honor of super cute new blog design! Stacy is one talented sewing momma. I suggest you head over there right now and see what she had going on. I’m sure you will find something that you will love. Not only is she having a contest but is offering a coupon if you comment on her blog. Who can pass this up!?!?!?!?!
I love cooking from scratch for my family. I am always on the lookout for yummy food to make that I know is healthy. Why? Because I can pronounce all the ingredients.
Last night, I just happen to stumble across this blog: Cooking During Stolen Moments . I haven’t looked all over the blog but I have already found some yummy things to add to our breakfast menu. I’m trying to decide which one to make first!
Enjoy!
Amidst the daily grind of math and grammar, I like to toss a bit of excitement into the mix. Thankfully, my children are easily entertained.
Copywork is a wonderful way to practice perfect penmanship, spelling, writing and grammar. Oddly, copywork is a favorite among the Tribe. Bekah and Mary LOVE getting their copywork assignments each day. I found a little way to make it extra fun.
We have a bit of a literary contest. I go to AO Copywork, I find two books we have read and selected a passage for copywork. I print the selections out and call the girls who are eagerly waiting. Then I read the passages. However, I don’t tell them what book it is from. They have to tell me the book. Whichever girl is correct gets that passage for her copywork. If one girl gets both passages, she gets to pick which one she wants to keep and which one she passes along.
For some reason they love this “game”. I love seeing how they remember all these wonderful stories!
Here is an example:
#1 – The bureau was crowded with caterpillar jars, and the shelves with birds’ nests and cocoons on twigs, and on the mantelpiece there was a procession of minerals. Mounted specimens of butterflies and moths hung in cases on the walls, and over the bed five tacked-up snakeskins were tastefully arranged. The turtles occupied a tank cozily situated beside the wastebasket.
#2 – “A little girl – coming here, Miss Harrington? Oh, won’t that be nice!” cried Nancy, thinking of the sunshine her own little sisters made in the home at “The Corners.”
“Nice? Well, that isn’t exactly the word I should use,” rejoined Miss Polly, stiffly. “However, I intend to make the best of it, of course. I am a good woman, I hope; and I know my duty.”
Do you know these books?
And let the knitting begin. Knitting Olympics 2010 is off to a rough start. I was knitting and purling and talking. Oopsie. Miscounted. Did a little froggin’ and am back in the game. I’ll post progress photos tomorrow!
As I was searching and requesting books online last week, it dawned on me that we had not been reading biographies lately. Tsk, tsk! We have loved the missionary biographies from YWAM Publishing so I checked to see what my library had from this publisher.
Thankfully, my library had a few titles from them and I was downright delighted when I saw this one:
I knew that I had one child in this house who would give a squeal of delight when she saw it. All of my children love Chronicles of Narnia, but Bekah was the first to enter the land of Narnia. She was delighted when she saw it and devastated when I told her she had to wait. Hee, hee. It is the little things that make life fun, right? After a short time of torture I gave her the book and told her to let me know when she finished it.
Naturally, she finished it that afternoon. This is why the library lets me go over the 100 book limit.
Then I asked her to tell me all about Mr. Lewis. She shared wonderful details of his life; things I had no idea about! I was going to read it myself but after her thorough narration, there isn’t a big rush.
Bekah and I highly recommend C. S. Lewis: Master Storyteller and the other wonderful biographies from YWAM Publishing!
Oh, I almost forgot. One fact about Lewis that brought a huge smile to Bekah’s face was that Lewis was fan of E. Nesbitt. We adore her books as well.
Please share if you decide to read about Mr. Lewis and any other great biographies we should read!
Melissa