How I manage homeschooling with children across such a broad age range (10, 6, 4, 2 and 4 months) is probably the most common question I am asked. It is also one of the more difficult ones for me to answer. The hardest is “How do you get it [...]
Proof that God has a sense of humor: I have a child who at age 10 thinks computational fluid dynamics is a cool concept. This same child can fall into a complete meltdown when asked to write a paragraph. Since I am learning to choose my battles carefully, teaching my [...]
“Daddy, why do we have to kill ‘em? Can’t we just buy meat at the store instead?” It was a good question, posed by a 7-year-old who is full of curiosity about everything. Brian explained, “Well, the meat at the store came from an animal, too.” Hmm, she hadn’t thought [...]
Last night we had an ER visit for our two year old. She had a run in with a nasty mosquito and her eye began swelling. We treated it with Motrin and Benadryl but it continued to worsen. As soon as it began matting it was off to the hospital. [...]
