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Paco, 15: When can I buy myself a cover for my laptop? (it's falling apart) Mom: How much? Paco: $40. Mom: WHAT??? Why don't you just use cardboard? There are pizza box laptops, right?
Breaking It Down
So after putting together Migi's curriculum, what's next? Well, since I'm actually a very unschooly person at heart, this is where it tends to fall apart, and it has. In years past, I've used Google Calendar, or had Migi use a planner. But somehow that system didn't...
Fish
15-year-old Paco, taking a biology quiz: Mom, what are the three kinds of fish again? Cartilaginous, jawless……. Mom: Uhm…. yummy, not so yummy, positively icky. Aisa, 20, culinology student: Flat, round, and… and what's the other one? Mom: No, Ais, he needs the...
Migi’s Curriculum, 8th grade, 2011-2012
Just finished designing Migi's curriculum for the year. I usually start this in May before the previous schoolyear ends but this year we're ending late and so we're also starting later than usual. We school year-round because we travel a bit (with hubby, for work) so...
Ninoisms
Nino being Nino at 2 1/2.
Yeah, Just Give Up Already
An utterly hopeless piece on our imperfect world made of imperfect beings. Yes, let's reject all "shoulds" since we've armed ourselves from head to foot with all these "can'ts". No wonder the Philippines is in trouble, they're littered with.... dare I say it... yes I...
O Spirit, All-Embracing
Love this song. Thaxted tune by Gustav Holst. Lyrics by Delores Dufner. Every time we sing this melody in Church we keep telling ourselves to find a good recording, and then forget, so I'm putting this here as a reminder.
Fathers
I'm going to keep this short because I still have to call my Papa and greet him a Happy Father's Day. But first, a little tribute. To my hubby, for being the greatest dad to our kids. Our children are just all kinds of blessed because of you and your presence in their...
Homeschool: Propaganda Vs. Reality (Shattering the myths)
Fabulous video on homeschoolers! Yeah, validation, baby 🙂
The “Ideal” Family Size
Prompted by this news article. I've been closely following the RH bill debate in the Philippines for several months now. One of the biggest reasons proponents of the bill give for pushing for the bill is that the bill will legislate helping families achieve their...
Twenty-One Years and Counting
Today, dh and I celebrate 21 years!!! (And hubby's birthday too!) He took a half day off work and we met him at Mass with all the kids (Aisa's off school on Wednesdays!), then had a late lunch at Half Day Cafe. The toddler is napping now so we may sneak out for a...
Must Read: When Nothing Created Everything
Over at First Things: Brilliant!
“Nakedly Religious Overtones”
Considering that the previous Narnia movies weren't 100% satisfactory (see Narnia Invaded for examples), it was heartening to see a review of the new movie, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. This gives me hope. If a secular writer can say that about Dawn Treader, those...
Fifteen Will Do
It hasn't even been here a week. And one doesn't even need thirty minutes a day. Fifteen will do. Fifteen minutes of this gives one enough practice and knowledge to read fifteen minutes of this:
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Last month I ordered Herodotus, The Iliad and The Odyssey from The Teaching Company. Last week the 19-mo climbed up a chair to get a DVD case from the shelf without any of us noticing . He took down the Herodotus DVDs and broke Disc 2. I shot them an e-mail to ask if...