by Amy LeForge | Oct 18, 2007 | Finances
The whole family enjoyed a great trip to America’s Historic Triangle in Virginia last month. In case you are not aware, Jamestown Colony was founded in May of 1607, which makes this year the 400th anniversary. The older boys studied America’s colonies last...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 16, 2007 | Personal/Personal Growth
On our vacation we stopped and spent some time at the United Flight 93 Temporary Memorial in Shanksville, PA. When I was looking up our vacation route last month I noticed that we were going to drive within about a half hour of the crash site of Flight 93. As soon as...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 16, 2007 | Parenting
Alrighty, everyone’s had some time to ponder the question. Here’s what my ideal picture looks like: The boys all enjoy learning and we work together with positive attitudes to complete our lessons each day. After lunch (since we finished all the work...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 14, 2007 | Relationship
Perhaps the boys aren’t the only ones with negative baggage about school. Well. If you were following the comments to my post about frustrating days last week, you’ll see some very wise words from Stu. To get the whole thing, read the comments and also...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 10, 2007 | Parenting
I’ve thought about this topic several times over the past few months, and thought I’d put it to you the readers. When you picture the ideal family, what does that look like? (This answer isn’t going to be the same for each family of course.) How...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 9, 2007 | Home Schooling
Well. Today was a complete change from yesterday. Hubby put the boys to bed right after soccer last night, which means they went down right around 7:30. Unbelievably, there were still children asleep after 8:30 this morning. We got up and going, and zipped right...