Our homeschool tradition is that the first hour of our first day of the year is spent taking the obligatory school pictures. Hair gel, chairs, collared shirts and all. You all would laugh with us if you saw that the fancy clothes lasted all of 20 minutes and all three Read more…
As stressed as I felt to get everything done earlier than usual this month, God graciously reminded me that last year I was flat on my back the month before school. And when we finally started the school year, the kids’ desks and chairs weren’t finished yet! We made it Read more…
I’m sure you are hearing this popular marketing phrase all the time, but over here we are not. I’m just finally packing up last year’s mess of work to unpack the new books for 2010-2011. James will cruise through Second Grade. He thrives on learning and if we can’t find Read more…
I love the word ‘Misc.’Miscellaneous.Junk drawer.Leftovers.Conglomerate. It’s fun to say.I used to have a folder of documents labeled ‘Misc’.Drove Kent crazy.Still have ‘Misc shortcuts’ on my desktop.Love ‘Misc.’Something that doesn’t fit in a category? Just throw it in Misc.Well, here is my Critters: Misc. =) We have ants of every Read more…
I like to talk to things.In a good way.My little roses.My avocado green KitchenAid mixer.I named my car in college.Hey, I even named my little ivy plant.But there is really no cute diminuative for these suckers.No getting around the ugliness of COCKROACH. (I didn’t take this picture myself),but I have Read more…
Joel is a lover of all creatures great and small. On one of our trips where baggage weight was an issue we did not bring many toys. But Joel started a tradition we affectionately call ‘moth wars’ (you know, like Star Wars minus all the aliens and light sabers but Read more…
Peekaboo! This flamboyant gecko on steroids is technically an agama lizard who apparently comes in several colors that get brighter for mating purposes. This guy is hanging out on the average tree trunk in the rainforest (that doesn’t even fit in the picture), but more often we see them scampering Read more…
Thanks for the feedback! Critters are back unanimously! This lovely little lady was found on our front porch. She looks harmless enough until you realize she is 3-4 inches long! (Yes, those are small ants around her on the ground. Look here for a cool rhino larvae pic…) The females Read more…
After so many days of the creepy crawlies, I have noticed a marked decline in comments posted here. This must mean that you are now:A) determined to check back after the bugs are all gone,B) scared speechless,C) waiting with bated breath for a few more buglies orD) really busy with Read more…
Surely after reading about 6 different kind of African creepy-crawlies, you can handle ONE teensy weensy spider! =) Or a colony of them… For the record, in our home we have only killed three, count them: three, spiders this whole year! (and only one was big =)) Deep in the Read more…