To Infinity and Beyond

Or maybe just Houston. Make that Clear Lake, Texas if you want to get technical. Yes, indeed, we high-tailed it down there for Johnson Space Center’s homeschool education day. We rode with friends down there and that was a huge blessing when you consider the 4-hour drive. And that was with hardly any traffic! Our [...]

3-2-1…

Guess where we went today? Much too tired right now. I’ll work on pics and a story soon. I just like this photo because of the cloud on the top right.

Rocks, Gems and Minerals, Oh My!

We were invited by our neighbors to check out this show since it was going to be over by the end of Sunday. We managed to convince the boys they out to check it out and I think they had fun. There were lots of pretty semi-precious stones but, if you were to look at [...]

McKinney Falls State Park Hike

This past Friday, our Nature Explorers group visited McKinney Falls State Park and trekked along the trail that led to the Lower Falls. Of course, we had fun! Or focus this week was rocks (and no doubt it will be next week, too) and things that live in and around them. The recent rains have [...]

SeaWorld of San Antonio

We found out about SeaWorld’s homeschool day a couple days before. I didn’t know we’d get to go until the day before. Rush, rush, rush! When I found out we were going, after church we had to hit Walmart for ponchos but they had none. We ended up with umbrellas which pleased the boys to [...]

Museum Day

So, since I felt like we were in a school rut (maybe you homeschoolers know what I mean), I decided it would be a good day to take the boys out to see a museum or two. I’d been wanting to visit the Bob Bullock museum of Texas history for a good, long while. Unfortunately, [...]

Experiments!

2009-08-03 Experiments! Originally uploaded by Phisch The boys wanted to try some experiments from a book I got them. It was messy, sticky, bubbly and FUN! We had spent so much fun doing table/paper work for the last few weeks of homeschool and I’d forgotten that doing is so much more fun. God had been [...]

Gotta Love It When…

So today we had a teensy bit of a rough day. While most people won’t connect coloring markers with difficulty focusing, if you know the Feingold diet you know exactly what I’m talking about. In spite of it all, and no doubt due to a prompting of the Holy Spirit, my NM apologized to me [...]

Home Chemistry: Fun With Non-Newtonian Fluids

The Aftermath Originally uploaded by Phisch More photos here (check the link again for videos). So, after they asked so often and today decided to ask nicely (and I had the materials needed) I finally gave in and let the kids play with—scratch that—experiment with a non-newtonian fluid. I found a recipe for Oobleck which, [...]

Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge

Prickly pear flower Originally uploaded by Phisch More photos on Flickr here. Field trip today! I still can’t get over how much cool stuff is in and around Austin. The boys and I packed up bright and all-too-early and headed north by north west to Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge. We made it there! Amazing [...]

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