Guess who already got married! Yessiree. Ms. Blond Braids and Mr. Suave (or Mr. Fancy Pants, whichever you prefer.)
You’ll never guess why they got married. It’s because, as Michaela put it, “They are the same size.” I guess that works in a doll house. Can you imagine that in real life?
“Golly gee, you and I are similar sizes. That would make it really easy to shop for furniture and design our home. I see no reason why we shouldn’t get married.”
In other areas of our exciting life, the bunnies are getting BIG. Maybe you’ll remember, when we bought them we were pretty sure, based on the pet store’s evaluation, that we were buying a male and a female.
We were going to put the bunnies together right away, but Coco jumped on Basil and bit a large piece of fur out. (Whoa. Their relationship started out even rockier than mine did.) After keeping them close but separated for about a month, they are now together and seem to be completely happy with each other. We still have no evidence, however, that Coco is a female and Basil a male.
You’ll be glad to know that I accomplished my task yesterday of finding a large rug for Michaela’s room. We let the bunnies out regularly to run around and they were slippin’ and slidin’ on the hardwood floor. They LOVE their new rug. Isn’t Coco getting large?
Basil treats Michaela like a bridge. Aren’t his little bunney feet just cuddly-adorable?
Basil goes to the baby doll crib to check things out.
We thought you might want to see how content they are with each other now. Aren’t they sweet? Coco’s heart races when we have to pick her up to put her in the cage. She really seems overly skittish when it comes to that. Basil is not like that at all. It seems that Basil tries to comfort Coco by laying almost on top of her when we put them back into the cage.
On a gardening note, there’s corn growing in the garden! I wonder how much we’ll get. I’m really excited, because last year I planted the corn too late and it didn’t get enough water to do anything.
I found a new writing spider in the garden and hope to get a better picture today. In the past we have had the HUGE yellow and black Argiopes. This one is minuscule compared to one particular one we had in the past, but I still love the writing in the web and that she’s there at all.
I’m still pondering today over what to buy for this coming school year. I must make some decisions. The summer is quickly flying by! I got a tremendous amount done yesterday and hope to get more done today.
I also have not forgotten about the change in America’s diet between the 1700s and the 1800s. 
I have many more errards to run today.
Whatever I do, I want to do it with joy. That 100th Psalm has been on my mind. It is full of reminders that serving joyfully is our duty.
Happy Thursday,
Lynn
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I think that Ms. Blond Braids will be happy with her husband, the other guy looks like the love em and leave em type and I think he would have broken her heart!! lol…
As far as school goes, what are you considering that is giving you troubles?
C~
Carrie, I love to be spontaneous with school. I love unit study and Charlotte Mason, but let’s face it. I have to work every Monday, Friday and Saturday.
I think I do a pretty good job of staying on top of things, but unit study and nature study are very hands-on and take time to incorporate lessons into. I wonder if, because I do work, I should buy something more laid out with lessons already planned for me.
For example there are tons of things I would like to do. The literature studies by Beautiful Feet. I am very impressed with Ambleside Online. I love taking chapter books and pulling lessons from them, i.e. vocabulary, creative writing, social studies, but it just takes time.
I know we’ll use Beyond Five In A Row this coming year, but I’ve also looked at Sonlight, Calvert, Bob Jones, etc., where lessons are already written out for me.
Michaela is very bright and I don’t want to do her a disservice by not giving her enough to do, but I don’t want to overwhelm her and bore her to tears with a “boxed curriculum.”
I could ramble on and on, but I think you see my situation.
Lynn
Dear Lynn,
The rabbits seem to be happy with their new rug, and the dolls with their marriage arrangements. I hope Roderigo did not take it too hard (He looks like one of those “Laughing on the outside, crying on the inside” types.).
The spider is beautiful,too, and yay for corn!
I know what you mean about the curriculum. Whatever you choose, you sure can’t do any worse than what she’d be getting at school~in fact, just by being away from school she’s going to learn so much more of what’s really important. Maybe she’ll be helping you transcribe in a few years!
Love,
Marqueta
Your comment on where you are going with your homeschool is very interesting. You have a situation not dissimilar to our own. I am the one who does all the academic elements of the homeschool, but work all day, five days per week. The “boxed curriculum” was our best option. I had done a year of homeschooling when Kelly was in first grade without a “boxed curriculum” so I had somewhat of a sense for what I was up against. The program we found was great joy because it let me concentrate more on teaching and less on planning. There was still planning involved, but not nearly as much as when we did everything from scratch. We still deviated wildly from the boxed plan, but the structure it provided truly provided a level of freedom we had not previously experienced. I guess the big thing was that it allowed me more one on one time with the kids than when I had to plan, develop/find/prepare materials, AND teach. I am really looking forward to seeing what you do with this.
You probably already know this Lynn, but I found a site called 100 Best Homeschooling Blogs and you were on it! I was so excited for you. Here is the link:
http://www.bible-college.net/index.php/100-best-blogs-for-christian-homeschoolers/
Marqueta, you are too funny: laughing on the outside, crying on the inside.
Thank you for the reminder of how much children learn at home, no matter what.
Ken, thank you so much for your comment. I took a lot of comfort in what you wrote, because one of my biggest concerns would be that I would buy a boxed curriculum and then feel pinned down, but you made me feel like I can go off schedule sometimes and still be okay. That’s what I’m looking for! I want the ability to take a break from the box when we want to! I’ll surely post what we choose!
Lynn
Hi Friend,
If you ever want to look over anything I have, you are welcome to it. You do a wonderful job with your schooling and juggling work! You are an amazing mama!
Love
Leslie
MamaHen, that’s cool! Thank you for sharing the link! I actually just noticed last night when I got some traffic coming from there. It’s a great compliment for sure and I’ll try to stay on there.
Leslie, thank you so much! You are the one who’s amazing!
I feel overwhelmed, it’s true. There are so many individual things I can put together for school, but as the year gets going and work takes a priority, I just feel like I struggle with so many individual things. One of these days we MUST have a laminating party and just talk and I would love to see your curriculum. Hugs to you.
Lynn