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Throwback Tuesday: Homeschooling Without a Daily Plan

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  **Originally shared September 17, 2012 when my boys were 4, 6 & 8** Sometimes I wake up pretty early in the morning and can't get back to sleep feeling guilty I didn't plan anything.  Today was one of those days. I knew we'd read another chapter or two in our Dragon book since it's due back at the library this week and we really want to know how it ends.  Right now the baby dragon has been captured! Other than that I didn't have any definite ideas of our day.  I knew I had to have faith and just let our day unfold.  Often I find the days we don't plan anything and just follow our interests we learn the most. After reading two chapters while eating breakfast, we ended up watching a short web video on how cider is made for science. I figured with our trip to the orchard coming up this weekend it was perfect timing.  On our last trip to the orchard, I asked the boys if they remembered watching how apple cider was made on a field trip they took ...
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Talking About it Tuesdays #88

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 Happy Tuesday! We had such a fun weekend. We brought Alec the car since he's interviewing for a few off campus jobs. Then on Sunday we went to dinner with my parents. It was a very family filled weekend. I still felt like I was struggling against my to do list and readjusting to the time change. I don't think the 2 hour time difference was the problem nearly as much as returning home at 1:30 am last Wednesday morning. I've been so tired all week! I had lots of fun reading all the posts that were linked up with us last week. I now have a few more recipes and crafts I want to try!         The link with the most views from last week's party:   Kauai, Hawaii-- Day 1 Travel Day & Hotel  by Our Life in a Click   A few that caught my eye: Biscoff Cookies by Yummi Haus     How to Make Felted Acorns by Sum of Their Stories     September Reading by Where The Wild Things Were   This party will remain open until t...
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Glacier National Park Trip Day #4 part 2: Hiking Trail of Cedars & Avalance Lake

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Once we finished our scenic boat tour we headed further down the Going to the Sun Road to park near the Trail of the Cedars/Avalanche Lake trail.   We walked part of the trail of the cedars then picked up the avalanche lake trail and hiked out to the lake for lunch.  This was my favorite hike in the park! For much of the avalanche lake trail you can see and/or hear a waterfall and brook. There are also spectacular view of the mountains around. The water carves out some incredible patterns in the rocks.  We had such perfect lighting at 11 when we set out on our hike. The sunlight was filtering through the trees.   We could finally see the trees opening up for the lake. The lake is this incredible turquoise color!  We walked further down the lake to eat our lunch and could both hear and (sort of!) see the waterfalls that feed into the lake. It was still pretty smoky in parts of the park.  can you see the waterfall? I just could not get over the colo...
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