Nino

  • The Gift of Teens

    Our youngest turns 18 in three months. Our homeschooling career is drawing to a close, and this last year is just as bittersweet as all the other “last years” with our older kids. He is down to two subjects (Anatomy… Continue reading

    The Gift of Teens
  • Stef’s Snippets #004

    Now that I’m rereading Prisoner of Azkaban with Nino, I’m reminded of just how hateful and nasty Snape was, and I don’t think he should have been redeemed just because he loved Lily for the rest of his life. He… Continue reading

  • What Nino Read, July 2016

    A Boy Named Giotto A Little Pigeon Toad A Swiftly Tilting Planet A wind in the door And Then It’s Spring Are You My Mother? Attack of the Clones Basic Aid Training Basketball for Young Champions Bionics Brian Jacques The… Continue reading

  • Nino’s First Grade (After-the-Fact) Curriculum, 2014-2015

    (the STARS ***** = Nino’s rating) August 2014 Fix-It Duck by Jez Alborough ***** I loved it because it was funny and he didn’t fix anything. Mr. Popper’s Penguins * audio book read by Nick Sullivan I didn’t like it… Continue reading

  • Ninoisms

    Nino being Nino at 2 1/2. Continue reading

    Ninoisms
  • I’ve Had It! Converting to Mac

    It’s about time I switched. This is the first time I’m able to blog in WEEKS!! My laptop is always at 100% CPU usage, it’s driving me crazy. Something that used to take 10 minutes to do now takes me… Continue reading

  • Love and Devotion, Pussy Willow, Miquelrius

    Thinking: Love is a fire, which when fanned into a flame, becomes devotion. The love which we begin with early on is a tiny bud, which we water and feed and grow under the light of His Grace… until it… Continue reading