Author: jessica
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my dad, a dead mouse and a fraction kit
My dad likes to tell this story. He had an art project due. He remembered the hour before it was due. He was in shop class. The same teacher I would have years later thanks to a small town school. He and his friends literally threw together a cityscape with left over wood pieces. Throw…
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Homework and Life
My son doesn’t understand what it is like to have homework. He is seven – almost eight – and finishing up second grade. He attends a virtual charter school where we very much function as a homeschooling family. He knows that school work goes until it is done. He understands working ahead to take a…
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Mother’s Day without Children
Happy Mothers Day people cheer all around. You stand there without children. All the moms are getting flowers. Do you go up for one? You are a mother. A mother without a child. Your child is buried in a little cemetery. All the other moms have kids running up with them. Do you walk up…
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Sponge Bob, Mario Cart and International Communication
We are a couple weeks into hosting our international high school student. It has been a fun experience that we all have been enjoying. I can’t help to think that some of those international communication classes I took in grad school are finally paying off! Last night as the boys were out with Keith to…
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love of music
This weekend we interrupted our baseball life for some music. My oldest son, Kory and I went to a community band concert. We didn’t randomly pick it. Kory’s former piano teacher plays in the horn section and had a featured piano solo. Since we hadn’t seen her for a few months and she was hoping…
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What Busy Looks Like
We have been very busy here at our home. Baseball schedules for two boys. Home responsibilities. Volunteer responsibilities. Work responsibilities. School. Adventures. Birthday Celebrations. Opening up our home to a student. This is what busy looks like for us. What does busy look like for you?
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Happy Birthday
Happy birthday to my youngest today. He turns four. Oh the memories of those first few days of his life. The memories he has helped me create since then. And today on his birthday, we will make more memories. We are getting our “mud boots” ready to search for tadpoles and frogs with my real-life…
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The Empty Room
Our home has four bedrooms. My husband and I share one. Our oldest has one. Our youngest has one. They say they want to share a room. I shared a room for awhile with my sister. I refuse to let them share a room. We have an empty room. When we moved into our house…
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Poetry, my son, a cow and the moon
I was supposed to teach my son about poetry. The lesson plan had the poems to use. I glanced at them and thought they looked boring. If you are new to my blog, you may have missed an earlier blog post of mine. Basically, I don’t like poetry, much. I’m getting better at that though. Instead…
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Magazines
I adore magazines, especially free ones. Right now here is what is in my stack of magazines to read: Cooking Light is one of the few magazines I actually buy through a subscription. If a recipe’s ingredients list isn’t too long, doesn’t have completely unfamiliar ingredients, and doesn’t call for dry yeast, I might be tempted…