is what we are rowing this week.

The Wild Horses of Sweetbriar
We will be doing some fun activities this week.  (You can get complete lesson plans by using Five In A Row.  Of course we will be using our new acrylic paint set to try our hand at painting horses.  We may have to cruise through some […]

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I had so much fun painting the first picture last night, I just couldn’t stop.  ~:-D  My daughter said, keep painting, Mama.  So I did.  (She thinks I am an artist, which should fully tell you how little real art we’ve studied.)

My second attempt, and then I had to put the paints away.  With this […]

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 is harder than it looks. 
 
We don’t paint much around here, as in making works of art.  At least, I wish we painted more. 
This afternoon we went shopping for acrylic paints to paint our doll house accessories.  (Yes, I know I was supposed to have done this last weekend.)  Anyway, I began adding up the prices of individual […]

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Did you know that caps from toothpaste tubes make great doll house accessories?

It’s either a great doll house cup or a cool doll house canister.  Your choice!
Keeping it simple,
Lynn ~:-D

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Okay, here’s the next review.  Another book that we got for Christmas:

The Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child’s Classroom
There’s a lot to like about this book–namely, validation that, yes, I am doing enough.
I have mixed emotions about homeschooling:  I love many of the subjects heralded as “classical,” but that did […]

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I must say I am so pleased.  I just had to share this.  Sweet-pea and I sat down this evening and worked on a piece of doll house furniture — a dresser.  With a mirror and everything!

We used match boxes for the drawers.  My husband carefully removed a mirror from a compact I had.  Last […]

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then what’s a blog for?
I just had to share what I found earlier at the thrift store.  I met my mom and my sister and, together with my daughter and my niece, we had the best time just looking at all the stuff there. 

I know it’s hard to see, but I found two very pretty […]

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I was thinking yesterday about The Year of the Doll House – my commitment for 2008.  There are already mothers out there joining me for this, making their own commitments to play dolls though 2008.  I am so excited!
It has been about two weeks since I decided to commit myself to this doll house adventure, and so far […]

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Looks good with guinea feathers, no? 

My mother has guineas, and we took a Christmas day walk yesterday. I picked up a bag full of treasures from nature.  (Pictures from that soon.)
We’ll have to keep the vase and feathers away from the flames.  One must be careful with fire in the house! (And outside of the house, too.)
Lynn

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We had a delightful day today with family.  We went to see grandma and grandpa who live in the perfect little log cabin in the woods.  My sister and her husband and my niece were there.  (My niece and my daughter are only three months apart, so they love to have time together. )
I have the best […]

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