What’s going on here? My two youngest are toasting marshmallows in the kitchen over a candle.
“It’s okay,” they said, “daddy’s been letting us do this all afternoon.”
(Don’t worry. They’re well supervised.)
My two littlest were chatting and carrying on as if around a real campfire, but without all the hassle.
Carry on!
Lynn
Here is probably my favorite right now.
Yes, this book has so much in it. Everything from “The Greatest Paper Airplane in the World” to “Latin Phrases Every Boy Should Know.”
The book starts out:
“In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage.”
And so we are hoping our boys (and our girl) will pick this book up and learn to appreciate the simple, vital things in a boy’s life.
This book has many “boy” things in it, such as artillery history, how to build a tree house, how to make a battery, and stories of courage — as in the Wright brothers and Robert the Bruce, but it also has lessons on grammar and Latin phrases, of course something boys should know, but how often do you see grammar paired with boyish, ”dangerous” things?
Prepare yourself. This book has the 10 commandments in it.
It’s a book I think every homeschool library needs.
Who wrote it, you ask?
Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden, “two men who would have given away the cat to get this book when they were young.”
Lynn
Why, no!
My husband was the recipient this Christmas of a gift card from a client. It was a Barnes and Noble gift card for 100 dollars. (Be still my beating heart!) There was a message in the card attached. Apparently the gift-giver and my husband had agreed upon something that some others thought was incorrect: one can never have too many books.
So I married the right man.
In our home, there’s a certain sight that makes my heart glad. It’s children reading books.
Anyway, I want to share some of the books we bought for our children for Christmas and why. Here begins a series of book reviews over the next few days.
Lynn
My playlist is still here! It's just not set to autoplay. So those of you who love listening to beautiful music while you read, go all the way to the bottom of the page and click the play button.
I am a 40-something-year-old mother of four delightful children, have been married for 22 years to my carpenter husband, and live in a 1921 farm-style house. I find the most joy in my garden, growing and harvesting herbs and flowers and caring for our delightful bunnies.
I have a 21-year-old son, an 18-year-old son, a 15-year-old son, and a bright and bubbly (and very funny) 11-year-old daughter who is homeschooled.
I'm a North Carolina girl and I love sharing North Carolina links and information. I'm a book lover, bird lover, gardener and aspiring herbalist. I seek no help for my thrift store addiction. I do medical transcription from home part-time.
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
William Henry Channing
1810-1884
Mom and Dad
Daniel
Big Joe
John
Princess of the Universe
Annie
Oreo
Cookie
Coco
Basil
Midnight and Boomerang
A Pond of Goldfish
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