tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65557485312648794132024-03-13T21:44:19.777-04:00taking the backroada journal of our days off the beaten path...Backroad Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05955956039008984613noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555748531264879413.post-36570386071731746322010-03-07T21:39:00.000-05:002010-03-07T21:39:49.717-05:00Malware problemIt seems that this blog has been infected with some sort of Malware. I do not know when or if it will be solved. If you receive posts through email or a blog reader then you should receive posts, as I have had no trouble reading them via those routes. Something on the actual website will be picked up by your malware blocker, or, worse, infect you computer if you have no malware blocker...I think this is ONLY FROM THE SITE ITSELF, not the emails & readers.<br />
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JeannieBackroad Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05955956039008984613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555748531264879413.post-56702284449835936742010-03-07T17:06:00.000-05:002010-03-07T17:06:34.549-05:00The Artistic Mother Art Group: Post 1: Beginning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCiuQ85tJggZtjJGeQBu3oN-LxtgOFAz7HyQWrCIczzJ2rO30N51L3tDsxZjguV8rQPxD35vECLb7wUo9rsaZG312m8TyGNS_u1MXig7tqHG7ewnWI3RN3YUCK82VB3CgFh9gKsVQfrU/s1600-h/artisticmotherbadge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCiuQ85tJggZtjJGeQBu3oN-LxtgOFAz7HyQWrCIczzJ2rO30N51L3tDsxZjguV8rQPxD35vECLb7wUo9rsaZG312m8TyGNS_u1MXig7tqHG7ewnWI3RN3YUCK82VB3CgFh9gKsVQfrU/s200/artisticmotherbadge.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCiuQ85tJggZtjJGeQBu3oN-LxtgOFAz7HyQWrCIczzJ2rO30N51L3tDsxZjguV8rQPxD35vECLb7wUo9rsaZG312m8TyGNS_u1MXig7tqHG7ewnWI3RN3YUCK82VB3CgFh9gKsVQfrU/s1600-h/artisticmotherbadge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This is the first week of the </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><a href="http://artisticcreationswithtrudy.blogspot.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The Artistic Mother Art Group</span></b></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></b> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Artistic-Mother-Practical-Fitting-Creativity/dp/1600613489/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267999066&sr=8-1">The Artistic Mother</a>, by Shona Cole, is written in a twelve week format. Because my daughter is very creative and artistic herself, and because my sons enjoy making a mess, I've decided to work my daily art time into our homeschool time. Why make them wait until they are adults to relearn how to carve out a little personal creative time? My plan is to invite them to join in the same projects I'm doing or to think of their own and perhaps create a habit in their younger years. We may not get all of the assigned parts done on a daily basis, nor may we stay on a strict twelve week schedule, but we will do something toward our goal each day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I certainly won't be able to post my work each day, but will aim for a weekly post summarizing our progress. I thought I'd blog today, just to mark the beginning.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Week 1/Day 1 Assignment</span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Art:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> Background papers step 1 - check!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Baby Boy and I were up all night with his tummy bug, and I could have easily put off the beginning another day, but...I had an art teacher once who said that the hardest part of any piece is the first mark on the paper. So, I decided to make that mark...to get the pages gesso'd so that the project was begun. I used pages from the kids school recycling bin. Some have words showing through the gesso...thought that might add to the project since we are all about homeschooling around here!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Other things due on Day 1</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Poetry: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Read a poem - check!</span></span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The Rainbow</span> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">by Walter de la Mare</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The bright-ringed solitude</div><div style="text-align: left;">The showery foliage shone</div><div style="text-align: left;">One lovely moment,</div><div style="text-align: left;">And the Bow was gone.</div><div style="text-align: left;">
</div></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Photography:</b> Make a list of the kids' </span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">activities - Check!</span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">reading, writing, building fairy gardens, hunting sticks, timing each other's tooth brushing, xbox, sign language class, co-op classes, filed trips, sleeping, visiting the rabbits at Tractor </span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Supply, washing the dog...endless possibilities.</span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">
</span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">OK...day 1 - Check!</span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It's a beginning!</span></b></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">
</span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Check out <a href="http://artisticcreationswithtrudy.blogspot.com/">my fellow artistic moms</a> and their beginnings!</span></span></pre>Backroad Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05955956039008984613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555748531264879413.post-78260241128431265002010-03-07T16:36:00.000-05:002010-03-07T16:36:18.773-05:00100 photos: signs of spring 6: dinos in the sun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbyoenk0U9qsqiPktzVD_lDxq73_JlmM8_auW7CMZNSYk-mbCK3_6j87lzo8drIAOdnCUYVgUfv5narRVBI-4E7Dbx7qStSyTH7kcvi0dvJb7o-GpiexqHmglvMU8MM8Cb5ghS3-QMmc/s1600-h/dinos+in+the+sun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihbyoenk0U9qsqiPktzVD_lDxq73_JlmM8_auW7CMZNSYk-mbCK3_6j87lzo8drIAOdnCUYVgUfv5narRVBI-4E7Dbx7qStSyTH7kcvi0dvJb7o-GpiexqHmglvMU8MM8Cb5ghS3-QMmc/s400/dinos+in+the+sun.jpg" width="267" /></a></div>Backroad Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05955956039008984613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555748531264879413.post-22072271849366900702010-03-07T16:34:00.000-05:002010-03-07T16:34:49.440-05:00100 photos: signs of spring 5: testing the waters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IbKc67xbj3jjFV006goby-vPAmjooxLUQwMtSP6p6y3L-DBhXH4-3GG4QaqZnJzt89N4e7wNCLYmBs1cEkfXZkW8P4ae6U17VqpGBdbwb5YWkwVTb2RXmpMuqup7rm_9RZB6RdxQQdc/s400/maple+buds.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Backroad Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05955956039008984613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555748531264879413.post-6439219022100666532010-03-07T16:31:00.000-05:002010-03-07T16:31:15.622-05:00100 photos: signs of spring 3: lilac buds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_KnwR8PG-AxE-ADL-4CYEtKrYIHWS2gIX0IIMVSOOZqhSO16hqH9j_ANzBzcLQtQ9PM05Ef-UqbDXODEdzwzX66PMLlebRuZQ-ZIlQ0LW0L3qeKOdXDHyr6DrkIgFjtw8uFcf82H3CQ/s1600-h/lilac+buds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_KnwR8PG-AxE-ADL-4CYEtKrYIHWS2gIX0IIMVSOOZqhSO16hqH9j_ANzBzcLQtQ9PM05Ef-UqbDXODEdzwzX66PMLlebRuZQ-ZIlQ0LW0L3qeKOdXDHyr6DrkIgFjtw8uFcf82H3CQ/s400/lilac+buds.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Backroad Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05955956039008984613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555748531264879413.post-23082025604424205742010-03-07T16:26:00.000-05:002010-03-07T16:26:57.735-05:00Our Week...the first of March<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This hunt resulted in a very full library bag, including just about every dinosaur book available. That night they all piled into Reeves' bed to read their books together. After awhile things grew unusually quiet. Dad & I found this precious scene. Nothing like a <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">sibling sleepover</span></b>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">On <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Tuesday</span></b> we spent most of the day in family <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>dental appointments</b></span>. These visits resulted in clean teeth...and...appointments for fillings, a crown, and some beginning orthodontia! Lovely!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">On <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Wednesday</span></b>, we actually completed all of our regular studies, plus some we'd missed on Tuesday. I went <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>out with some friends for dinner</b></span> and Dad and the kids played a little Xbox.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div>Backroad Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05955956039008984613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555748531264879413.post-86115015627519695702010-03-07T15:53:00.000-05:002010-03-07T15:53:45.535-05:00A quick Tour of Our Beach Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDik9r-N-almVf1GRfBTAaqRSQA71ywkj3Zy6nJlvmgqRDKyfin6cr-A9hk9r1cOlw-FxAiHhGuPBBToc3aDViWRBYJ9eMczaW_Qz3DSBzVaa0gO7SmIWLKR-O3KBR30oubv2oaQI888/s1600-h/KIDS+AT+BEACH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkDik9r-N-almVf1GRfBTAaqRSQA71ywkj3Zy6nJlvmgqRDKyfin6cr-A9hk9r1cOlw-FxAiHhGuPBBToc3aDViWRBYJ9eMczaW_Qz3DSBzVaa0gO7SmIWLKR-O3KBR30oubv2oaQI888/s400/KIDS+AT+BEACH.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">For those of you just logging in to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>taking the backroad</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...my grandparents rented a house at Emerald Isle, NC for the month of February and invited the entire family to visit. Though it was a fourteen hour drive, the kids and I had so much fun the four days we were there. It was beautiful, sunny weather mixed with the laughter of cousins and hugs from those we really love so much. Thanks Granddaddy & Mama Jean! (And Mom, Aunt Evelyn, & Aunt Martha!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the meantime...I LOVE this photo. Looks like an album cover!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mlhLJaGHA7SM6FiOkM-WH1vp-SQFpVe8ytlgcGCjNItEPnS1ze6gYO7cEUz-OyhibIqeknFUBjiVKscoig7raVAuJVzExSlQlqSyQgfBklLoK872F1XL19XnYEifL0_U9KiVR7vei6Q/s1600-h/Feb+Beach+trip+1+131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mlhLJaGHA7SM6FiOkM-WH1vp-SQFpVe8ytlgcGCjNItEPnS1ze6gYO7cEUz-OyhibIqeknFUBjiVKscoig7raVAuJVzExSlQlqSyQgfBklLoK872F1XL19XnYEifL0_U9KiVR7vei6Q/s400/Feb+Beach+trip+1+131.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Backroad Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05955956039008984613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555748531264879413.post-68924639980295897902010-03-02T17:02:00.001-05:002010-03-02T17:09:50.841-05:00Blogger moms don't get mad...they get the camera!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AJs1SW3wVMBJp-MzkxeXkacEdi4-0EhQ9GzesjA0_HvPsR1qFKNvtInhkkcnjGvq_DywXrwdjwSUOYzv2P6XGRwvhN7GMjUxu3upg4eDJVCqUWtgftwyA18K3ZdGD1YrYrrojcHw-_0/s1600-h/Feb+End+118.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0AJs1SW3wVMBJp-MzkxeXkacEdi4-0EhQ9GzesjA0_HvPsR1qFKNvtInhkkcnjGvq_DywXrwdjwSUOYzv2P6XGRwvhN7GMjUxu3upg4eDJVCqUWtgftwyA18K3ZdGD1YrYrrojcHw-_0/s400/Feb+End+118.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Brice has begun to really exert his independence. Insisting on using chopsticks when the rest of us do...getting himself a snack and water from the dispenser in the fridge. Yesterday, he walked in from the kitchen soaking wet and I thought he'd just been having a little fun with the water....then I noticed his face was yellow...and remembered his current quest...squeezing eggs until they burst! While I'm cooking I have to guard them as the crown jewels in the Tower of London. So, while I was busy in another part of the house he decided to continue his search for his grail and, boy, was he successful! </span><br />
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1. </span></span><a href="http://artisticcreationswithtrudy.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Trudy Callan of Artistic Creations With Trudy, group organizer<br />
2. </span></span></a><a href="http://peaceliving.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/light-falls/" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Linn of Peace Living</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
3. </span></span><a href="http://allroadsleadhome-jenny.blogspot.com/2010/02/fresh-start.html" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jenny of All Roads Lead Home</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
4. </span></span><a href="http://kinueko.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nicole Austin of Life is Beautiful</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
5. </span></span><a href="http://www.blu-bambu.com/" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Shannon of Blu-Bambu</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
6. </span></span><a href="http://yappingcatstudio.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/02/hey-im-publishedokkinda.html" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cindy of Yapping Cat Studio. She is featured in the book on Page 22. Good going, Cindy.</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
7. </span></span><a href="http://deb-robertson.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Deb Robertson of Works in Progress</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
8. </span></span><a href="http://lkdeverall.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lindsay of Banter</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
9. </span></span><a href="http://florentinelily.typepad.com/" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Debra of Florentine Lily</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
10. </span></span><a href="http://nanaslittlehobby.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Joyce of Nanas Little Hobby</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
11. </span></span><a href="http://stampartspot.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Stampelot Sue of Stamp Art-o-Rama</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
12. </span></span><a href="http://issadesign.squarespace.com/" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Marissa Bowers of Art * Design * Photo. Marisa is the book's designer! Didn't she do a beautiful job? </span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
13. </span></span><a href="http://fairydust62.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dani of And a Sprinkle of Fairy Dust</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
14. </span></span><a href="http://kathryndickenson.blogspot.com/" style="color: #2244bb;" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Kathryn of Flexie Smit</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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</span></span></span>Backroad Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05955956039008984613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555748531264879413.post-29337990298757101432010-02-21T19:48:00.001-05:002010-02-21T19:50:07.276-05:00Our trip to Emerald Isle, NC - THE KNITTING LESSON<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqLx27VMe-0_zOPHoFfh1XAeyxMxJf0fMAaot9E9dxe1qp8EnxZWj3EM5QeVepAqksxxyR4rMyspV9fVyt9wpizF8b4mLbhbKuRLERnjew6yCMb4dr0-Pr8uOaChKA2eCC3H85REqhG0/s1600-h/Feb+Beach+trip+1+038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqLx27VMe-0_zOPHoFfh1XAeyxMxJf0fMAaot9E9dxe1qp8EnxZWj3EM5QeVepAqksxxyR4rMyspV9fVyt9wpizF8b4mLbhbKuRLERnjew6yCMb4dr0-Pr8uOaChKA2eCC3H85REqhG0/s400/Feb+Beach+trip+1+038.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My grandparents, my mother, and her sisters have been together at Emerald Isle, NC for the entire month of February. Early in the their stay, my mom and Aunt Evelyn found a sweet little place called the Salty Sheep Yarn Shop where they began learning to knit. When my Aunt Martha joined them, she, too, took up the habit. They've all been crafty and creative as long as I've known them, often spending hours teaching one of us kids to bake, embroider, paint, decorate cakes...you name it. The three of them have named themselves THE KNIT WITS! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the first day of our visit here, they took the youngest girls for their own knitting lesson at the yarn shop. Reeves and I accompanied them but didn't knit. I thought I might be inspired to learn once we got there...I've always loved the hand-knit things offered by my grandmother and at art fairs...but knitting is beyond me at the moment. I just don't have the focus and patience to spare at this point in my life...at least not for counting stitches and casting chores. Maybe someday. I was, however, inspired by all the gorgeous yarns and colors...inspired to encourage my mother to keep knitting her beautiful gifts! Embree and her cousins were happy to sit at the knee of the lovely Knit Wits and enjoy a nice afternoon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Embree enjoyed casting on. She did a great job listening, asking questions, giving the whole affair a great deal of effort.</div><br />
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The word? <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>ENOUGH</b></i></span>. I have been trying to look at my life, my family, my commitments, and my stuff and find the parts that are satisfying and enjoy them. I've been looking at the parts that are stressful or unproductive and planning ways to finish the commitment I have to that thing, that organization, that person and move on. In other words...trying to find <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>enough</b></i></span> in what I have and what is enjoyable.<br />
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In doing so, I have been trying to break free of this need that I have that my house appear perfect before I allow anyone from outside our little family circle to visit. I'm not obsessed with cleaning. I keep too much stuff. On a day when it's just us, I am perfectly content to leave dishes in the sink all day, walk past dust bunnies, and step over a pile of dirty clothes because I'd rather be playing a game with the kids, blogging, cooking, or creating...anything but housekeeping! BUT...if there's the slightest chance someone might be coming over, I race through the house tidying up...putting on a good face! Remember, I am a theatre geek...I'm great at a fantastic outward appearance while backstage is a shambles...in so many ways!<br />
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So my goal has been to try to take the middle ground. Keep toys picked up unless they are actively being played with...keep our school materials in some sort of order, even if they are covering the dining room table...picking up the dust bunny the FIRST time I see it. I'm trying to just relax and invite friends in when I've had no notice that they'll visit, invite the kids' friends even when the upstairs isn't picked up...trying not to stress about my mother-in-law visiting the day we return from a week at the beach. I'm just trying to remember that these people don't come here to see my house...they come because they love us...and our dust bunnies!<br />
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So...in looking around, trying to take stock of the beauty that is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><i>enough</i></b></span> in my home I have rediscovered some of the lovely details of living in a 100 year old house! No matter what we throw on the floor, these beauties are here to enjoy... and they are <i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">more than enough</span></b></i>. Hope you enjoy them too!<br />
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<ul><li>Began reading <i>Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats</i> by T.S. Elliott and listening to the soundtrack of <i>Cats</i></li>
<li>Read ahead in our history book</li>
<li>Made some pictures with rubber stamps</li>
<li>Taught Brice how to make mac-n-cheese (granted it was not homemade...it was psychedelic orange easy mac...but he was proud!)</li>
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<li>Finished our Valentines</li>
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<li>Made chocolate-covered, cheesecake-filled, strawberries</li>
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It's amazing how much we can get done in a few unexpected moments.<br />
Hope you receive the gift of time soon too! How would you use it?Backroad Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05955956039008984613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555748531264879413.post-64258597609165093542010-02-10T16:12:00.000-05:002010-02-10T16:12:06.553-05:00100 photos: signs of spring 2: asparagus risotto<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Mq7-nyIs6MvFg7I7gu6JVIFTuA-7hBSbkkyE_jo9cn5x9euJFPxug5Nxl0CeWgDjOB1-MtiTjC8CIt52sY4lzYKyYCQ_LwCr3p_mZfTdHgKzO5f8KobzDOLjp5Cm3XcA7WgNnTjnSxk/s1600-h/asparagus+risotto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Mq7-nyIs6MvFg7I7gu6JVIFTuA-7hBSbkkyE_jo9cn5x9euJFPxug5Nxl0CeWgDjOB1-MtiTjC8CIt52sY4lzYKyYCQ_LwCr3p_mZfTdHgKzO5f8KobzDOLjp5Cm3XcA7WgNnTjnSxk/s400/asparagus+risotto.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Backroad Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05955956039008984613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555748531264879413.post-11534555505939451152010-02-10T16:11:00.000-05:002010-02-10T16:11:00.958-05:00100 photos: signs of spring 1: waiting for 50 degrees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPEKzxaIZcPUFWLlNBPTU8NLnFuLzP_6Wl-br_OOE-ZltupD4D4DGX-TSDqTuqUsg0mxirzHXltZXfeKNHpNtUJmpXiaiXRXKoZCGfek8rK3yiZjtbRKyXMw9e5N8lw7KzM-CxnH__V8/s1600-h/Waiting+for+50+degrees.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwPEKzxaIZcPUFWLlNBPTU8NLnFuLzP_6Wl-br_OOE-ZltupD4D4DGX-TSDqTuqUsg0mxirzHXltZXfeKNHpNtUJmpXiaiXRXKoZCGfek8rK3yiZjtbRKyXMw9e5N8lw7KzM-CxnH__V8/s400/Waiting+for+50+degrees.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Backroad Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05955956039008984613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555748531264879413.post-31587385540844494202010-02-10T10:12:00.000-05:002010-02-10T10:12:23.547-05:00the gift of time...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28kwfryj1BxoLmOJJKJVOJtl0j2c2SZYTk7Jwu8Aa5RtTQ5sxrW8PqPzlDubDRQUfxV5WwPEjw3TuPE3ezkT0_Uh7kx67YLfRXGmdOknIvS82dXcVj2zcYXPBxjg5RcdTth560VfX1VM/s1600-h/Feb+2nd+week+2010+066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28kwfryj1BxoLmOJJKJVOJtl0j2c2SZYTk7Jwu8Aa5RtTQ5sxrW8PqPzlDubDRQUfxV5WwPEjw3TuPE3ezkT0_Uh7kx67YLfRXGmdOknIvS82dXcVj2zcYXPBxjg5RcdTth560VfX1VM/s400/Feb+2nd+week+2010+066.JPG" width="267" /></a></div>Ahhhhh...twice in the past 24 hours things on our schedule have gotten cancelled. These things both took time to prepare and will have to be rescheduled...but it has been a gift as well. Twice in the past 24 hours, I've been given the gift of time...the gift of slowing down...the gift of finding something more fun and more creative to do with the kids. Perhaps I'll have time to catch up on my blog posts later today. Thanks for the snow day!Backroad Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05955956039008984613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555748531264879413.post-74228737230536644632010-02-07T16:17:00.001-05:002010-02-07T18:44:39.130-05:00Moving on...S<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">o, I've grown bored of my photo project - 100 Photos: Books. It's not because it's a bad idea. It's because my topic is way too narrow to evoke much creativity these days. I am always telling my children's theatre students that they will get more creative work from their kids if they place some boundaries on an idea...but I think I've placed too many boundaries on myself and I've stalled. So, I'll begin working on a new topic this week that excites me...for a number of reasons. My new topic for 100 photos is </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Signs of Spring</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">. I am ready to move out of the doldrums of February and listen to my internal clock that yearns for spring. And there are so many signs, both natural and man made, of spring. This ought to be more interesting, satisfying, and motivating. Hope you, dear readers, enjoy. Thanks for indulging me. Happy Search for Spring!!</span>Backroad Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05955956039008984613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555748531264879413.post-52654279158730004202010-02-06T22:55:00.001-05:002010-02-06T22:56:29.666-05:00Busy bees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
I haven't posted anything about the kids in awhile...we've been <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>busy bees</b></span> getting back into the routine of things after the holidays. Seems it took all of January for us to get ourselves back into </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>"normal."</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Now that we finally have our </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>hive hummin' along nicely</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">...<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">co-op</span></b> started again Friday...we go to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>beach</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> in another week...and the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>spring children's play</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> auditions are the first of March. By the time the play is over, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>we'll be headed to the Farm for the summer...</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">then maybe we'll feel normal...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>at least we won't be busy bees then!</b></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Vegas</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> had dental surgery to clean her teeth and had 5 removed. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We now affectionately refer to her as </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"The Bumble."</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3Im9J8FFMW0WfpjYWDNlUgPgPHS9EUqPEZWPCUprF-mW1-eSk93xEIgQM7-vakSzl1im-SFvB-KTxpLg5l3vtls3V6kA-LCo8woPHDDDK3IBx-6C9cwq5KSJSzslDxNYNEN456S-zzw/s1600-h/UP2+10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcqL0MSzLfCTQA4jWbkGwlqEQCQcpWqLVqfsZN7XQ5zsld6uzkR9PULkppj7GY9mZrkvELyVOZkkJChZLfJ5cStBRbcfGzASCdMh5EtJNI8q_cXyjZacQ8j08JkjzHpP6pLnB1WNYGSQ/s1600-h/UP2+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcqL0MSzLfCTQA4jWbkGwlqEQCQcpWqLVqfsZN7XQ5zsld6uzkR9PULkppj7GY9mZrkvELyVOZkkJChZLfJ5cStBRbcfGzASCdMh5EtJNI8q_cXyjZacQ8j08JkjzHpP6pLnB1WNYGSQ/s400/UP2+11.jpg" width="267" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Spring session of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>co-op started yesterday.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Embree & Reeves are taking </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Passport to Art</span></b> (art & geography of six countries in Africa), </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Green Science</span></b> (Ecology), </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Introduction to Japan</span></b>, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">History of the Middle Ages</span></b>, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">KY History</span></b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Reeves can hardly believe how much <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">fun</span></b> it is!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCcqL0MSzLfCTQA4jWbkGwlqEQCQcpWqLVqfsZN7XQ5zsld6uzkR9PULkppj7GY9mZrkvELyVOZkkJChZLfJ5cStBRbcfGzASCdMh5EtJNI8q_cXyjZacQ8j08JkjzHpP6pLnB1WNYGSQ/s1600-h/UP2+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmv2ZZpLeIo5kAMA_FOWA0F03RC8edhUCeciNXSYUCePwDEWPdiAsr_vYA4ilx4Zon72jTaFOkDNIwzy1-vk8UnYccUAiknwCJP9ijNBrynxj7Ztx426e9n5aijMSy-kEwdchqTPG6yK8/s1600-h/UP2+12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmv2ZZpLeIo5kAMA_FOWA0F03RC8edhUCeciNXSYUCePwDEWPdiAsr_vYA4ilx4Zon72jTaFOkDNIwzy1-vk8UnYccUAiknwCJP9ijNBrynxj7Ztx426e9n5aijMSy-kEwdchqTPG6yK8/s400/UP2+12.jpg" width="267" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Over the break, all the kids in the first session of History of the Middle Ages were assigned a topic to <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">research</span></b>. On this first day back, they all gave <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">presentations</span></b> that covered life in that time/place, food, music & art, literature, and favorite past times or entertainment. Embree & Reeves <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">both worked very hard</span></b> on their projects; gathering information and props for their exhibits. I think <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">they were proud</span></b> of their work. <b>I was proud!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Of course, he was <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">all about the food!</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">He found a listing of a <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">typical feast</span></b> of the knights or nobles and put together a tray of everything we could find from that list. He thought the beef stew was disgusting, but enjoyed the cider, cake, bread, butter, carrots & eggs very much. Embree shared all of her food with her classmates...Reeves <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dove right in</span></b> and <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">had his own feast</span></b> after his presentation! That's my hungry boy!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<h1><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ten Steps for Tapping Into Your Child's Imagination</span></h1><div class="text" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">By Alan Haskvitz</span></div><br />
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