We got our first non-fish pet today. I’ll let the videos tell the story and keep my written words to a minimum. Bottom line, we like the little fur ball a lot. Except Josh. He’s playing the tough guy, but I think he’ll warm up to the little buddy. Josh will actually be more witness [...]
Posted on March 4th, 2010 by trish
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Our Scouting Unit (both the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts) celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America tonight at the Blue and Gold Banquet. The boys were invited to make and decorate a dessert. The top three would win a prize. Guess which one won first place in the dessert contest? Yeah, [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2010 by trish
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We finished reading a chapter in our history book about Ancient Africa last week. Because Ancient Africans left few writings and artifacts, what we know of the time period is based mostly on oral history passed down. A favorite character in many stories is Anansi the Spider. We read a couple of stories, but the [...]
Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by trish
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This past week, I’ve noticed that Zoe has acquired more language. She is starting to use these phrases in coversation:
“Sure.” (I asked her if she wanted to wear a certain article of clothing and got this answer. Two minutes later, I asked her if she wanted something to eat and got this answer.)
“Oh, gosh,” has [...]
Posted on February 12th, 2010 by trish
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We were able to continue the tradition of giving out valentines when we were invited to a homeschooling Valentine’s Day party. (Aside: We were able to call it a Valentine’s Day party without fear of hysterics from the atheist/non-denomination parents since all in attendance would be LDS. Another perk from homeschooling is we don’t have [...]
Posted on February 11th, 2010 by trish
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Wow, it’s really dusty here. Glad I just picked up some Pledge to take care of the mess that has accumulated in my absence. (No really, this stuff works great and smells really good, too.) I just took care of 71 spam comments. People find me whenever I post something to Friendfeed or Facebook and [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2010 by trish
Filed under: Church, Family, Haley Kids, Homeschool, Life, Scouts | 2 Comments »
I wanted to write after witnessing my first Eagle Scout Court of Honor and record my feelings before they flit away. My heart was full listening to the scout leaders, Congressman Poe, and the five young men receiving their Eagle Scout Award. A lot was said about the young men becoming the future leaders of [...]
Posted on November 14th, 2009 by trish
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We took a field trip to the Children’s Museum of Houston. We used to have season passes when we first moved here and it was one of our favorite places to go. We haven’t been there in a while and I thought that it would be more of the same stuff, but I was pleasantly [...]
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 by trish
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Our first time visiting the Downtown Aquarium Houston was pretty fun. There is a lot to be said for going during the off season. We went through the inside exhibits almost completely on our own. There was an Asian guy there by himself and my mom kept having to take pictures of him with stuff, [...]
Posted on November 1st, 2009 by trish
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My mom is here visiting from Guam. I have known her for almost 40 years and I still learn something new about her with every visit. This time around I learned that she doesn’t like shredded coconut or coconut desserts (aside from Delite Bakery’s Haupia Cake). I had no idea. She likes actual real coconut, [...]
Posted on October 31st, 2009 by trish
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