Tag: The Kids

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Leaves + Weeds + Chicken and Rabbit Droppings = Happy Family & Ibuprofen

November 7, 2010

 Our family is hobbling around today due to cramped hands, splinters, sore backs, and aching leg muscles ~ all from yard work! It was time to get the yard cleaned up before winter arrives in full force, and our only obligation yesterday was Kayla’s mid-morning dance class.  We started prepping the kids early in the… Read More Leaves + Weeds + Chicken and Rabbit Droppings = Happy Family & Ibuprofen

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Comparative Character Analysis: Mr. Darcy/Kory

October 21, 2010

We’re studying British literature in our 10th grade Challenge II Class and already have these wonderful books under our belt so far: Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Paradise Lost, Pilgrim’s Progress and Gulliver’s Travels. This week we’re on to Pride and Prejudice.  I’m almost ashamed to admit that I’ve never actually… Read More Comparative Character Analysis: Mr. Darcy/Kory

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Hartford Half Highlights & Hell-tels

October 11, 2010

The weather couldn’t have been more perfect for the half marathon on Saturday!  Last year’s half marathon in Lowell, MA was in rain and snow.  We finished the race, grabbed food from the food tent, bundled up and got to the car as fast as we possibly could.  This year we enjoyed hanging out in… Read More Hartford Half Highlights & Hell-tels

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The Girl Has Got Plans

October 6, 2010

I was going to write “The Girl’s Got Plans,” but I’m reading BOTH Eats, Shoots & Leaves AND The Elements of Style with my Challenge II class, and those books have rendered me completely paranoid about my use of apostrophes, commas, and other punctuation marks – not to mention grammar. (What do you think about… Read More The Girl Has Got Plans

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Schoolhouse in Session

September 18, 2010

Well, we started school a few weeks back. We didn’t really have a choice, as Cooper’s Classical Conversations (CC) Challenge A class began on August 24th.  I was definitely NOT ready to start school with the whole crew on August 24th though.  Why does summer always seem to fly by so quickly?  When I was… Read More Schoolhouse in Session

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Summer Wrap Up

September 4, 2010

Every year at this time, I enter into some sort of  “season denial.”  I look away when I catch a glimpse of the apples in the local orchards going from green to red.  I ignore the blush of orange and red on each sugar maple I pass. And the squash and pumpkins out in the… Read More Summer Wrap Up

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Spiral Sermon Interpretation

August 23, 2010

Kayla, my ten year old, and I have a little spiral notebook tug-of war going on especially on Sunday mornings. I always have a small spiral notebook in my purse – mostly for my menu planning and grocery lists, but also for those occasions when I need to jot down a phone number or email… Read More Spiral Sermon Interpretation

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The Maine Event Part 2: Family Beach Vacation!

August 18, 2010

I was going to write “it never ceases to amaze me that we vacation in Maine every summer,” but then I looked back at previous “Maine posts” and realized that I write that same phrase almost every year after we return from Maine. But it’s true. I am amazed. And like a good parent, I… Read More The Maine Event Part 2: Family Beach Vacation!

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Double Digits for Kayla! (and Bible woes)

August 5, 2010

Can’t believe all three of the Krum kiddos are in double digits now – 15, 13, and 10. At our house, when you turn ten, you get to choose any restaurant to eat dinner at alone with mom and dad, and while at dinner you are given a nice new Bible with your name engraved… Read More Double Digits for Kayla! (and Bible woes)

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Furniture & Birthmarks (For the three of you interested…)

August 4, 2010

(Those three being the 3 M’s, I’m guessing: Melissa, Melinda, and Megan.) My sister, Melissa, said that the post about getting my cousin’s furniture made her cry, since it was also about our aunt and grandmother. “But I was hoping to see pictures of the NEW furniture,” she added. Yes, pictures would have been a… Read More Furniture & Birthmarks (For the three of you interested…)