Monthly Archives: June 2015

Simple Sunday – Summer Pie Day and a Tetanus Shot

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Shoes

Yesterday we celebrated Summer Pie Day.  Stemming from National Pie Day, in January, we determined that a Pie Day celebration that occurs in the summer was needed due to the distinct lack of fresh berries in the winter months.  We … Continue reading →

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Better than Nagging

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Shoes

Husband is a pile maker.  I do not blame him for this because I know his mom and his dad and they are both pile makers too.  It is simply a matter of genetics.  And I knew about it and … Continue reading →

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Family Growth

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Shoes

We have two new additions to our family – one perhaps more exciting than the other but both mention worthy.  First I would like you to meet Invincible Dave. Dave is a metal desk of the metal furniture company, Invincible.  … Continue reading →

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The Right Words

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Shoes

I do not have them, the right words. I have the boys on a summer school schedule, one that we follow fairly consistently.  We do some store-bought, grade-level appropriate workbooks in the morning after breakfast.  We have free time/time to … Continue reading →

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No Longer Worth the Fight

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Shoes

It started out like any other day. We got up and lounged around on the couch in our p.j.s.  I read aloud a couple chapters of a Jigsaw Jones chapter book, tracking as I read with my bookmark.  The boys, … Continue reading →

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Moving x 2

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Shoes

Sorry for my silence as of late.  The school year ended, and while I could blame my blogging silence on moving not only my classroom but moving our entire lives into our new house, that would not be entirely true. … Continue reading →

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