Longhorn Caverns

Well, since the Goat Cave/Karst trip was a bust and J was begging to go and see a cave we decided to make the treck out to the Marble Falls area to see the Longhorn Cavern and do the tour. We packed a lunch and lots of water but not before checking the weather to [...]

Wild Basin Preserve

Well, we were really supposed to try and find the Goat Cave Preserve. We tried and were attacked by the cave’s hordes of evil mosquito guardians. We ran back to the truck to put on a coat of bug spray. The bugs hovered behind us then, but mom lost the mental will to stay and [...]

Crafty Boys Strike Again!

We bought our materials yesterday and worked on them today. They were fun! So what if they cost more than those at Old Navy or Target. These are one-of-a-kind beauties! The stencil is made out of freezer paper. We printed the designs, cut out the parts where we wanted the paint to go, then ironed [...]

Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory

I know I have a backlog of posts to do, but today was fun so I have to start off with that. Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory: whodathunk it? When I asked some moms if they’ve heard of bird observatory/water treatment plant in Austin they’d never heard of it. I’m not sure I remember where I [...]

Spiderssss

Ewwww. Taken while on a walk at Circle C park (pics later). The boys are calling for me to hurry; they see a way to cross the creek and I better hurry. Out of the corner of my eye, I notice movement and see the inside of this tree hollow just moving.

Last weekend

Just a very brief update so Lola knows what’s happening. The soccer game: the boys lost again. However, the number of goals that they lose by has been shrinking noticeably. NM has been strongly commended at each game for doing a great job as goalie (wow I am proud) and even as striker. His confidence [...]

Mr. Valiant Fortruth

The boys and I have been reading through John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress—both parts—in lieu of our post-WWI history studies. So sorry…”The Great War” kind of burned me out for a while. It was senselessly dealt with and that’s all I’ll say about that. History is fascinating but most of the time emotionally draining (watching Sgt. [...]

Pioneer Farms

This past Friday was the highlight of our week off. Well, it is pretty hard to pick a high light. It’s more accurate to say this was just one of many highlights. And you know what? I’m tired of checking the “homeschool” category box for things that happen during the week only. The rest of [...]

Our Hike at Mary Moore Searight Park

This past Sunday, we finally had an opportunity to take Abba to see Mary Moore Searight Park which we last visited in January. The weather was beautiful so we just had to take advantage of it. J remembered to bring his field guide with him, so we enjoyed learning about the creatures we spotted. Hubby [...]

Having fun for science’s sake

Yesterday we opted to go ahead and open up our solar power science kit and let J have a go at it. He built a solar-powered engine that made a little sprocket turn! You have no idea how often it made him giggle to hear that that green thingie is a sprocket. Today, the boys [...]

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