By Request: My Garden

Ahhh Gerbera daisies...

Take your pick!

I can't remember the name of this one:

morning glory:

And again...

A pot full of chamomile and a basket of morning glory!

It's about to get really green around here.....

Tabouleh anyone?
I'll bring the parsley!

When you let cilantro go to seed, you get coriander!




I must confess that I'm getting impatient for a whole bushel of these puppies:

(come on you guys - soak up the sun!)

The Roma Tomatoes could use a little red as well...




I never knew that basil blooms:





One green bean...


Some green beans:





Last but NEVER least....the Pink Brandywine Heirloom tomatoes......

oooo yeah

I know that none of this really has much to do with homeschooling, but we will be planting more seeds in the early spring (radishes, corn, beans) so we'll consider this a very successful dry run!

See you round,

Aubrey

In Which I Convince Myself I Can Do It

(It = Homeschooling)

"It's O.K. to Be Smart!" (Does anyone else think that that statement is as funny as I do?)

I happen to think #1 is bright...and bold...and beautiful - as any parent should, right?
(Has anyone ever seen Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken? Right????)


This used to be my coat closet.....(I'm sorry, truly I am... Books are probably the least exciting thing to look at when you happen upon a blog... but this is the ugly truth...)




This pile of books rest on top of our family roll-top desk. One is a catelog. One is a binder for MACHE - Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators. (They keep on top of the MN Homeschool laws and information and then make it available to us in laymans terms. I've been to one of their conferences and the amount of info and support is beyond incredible. I'm excited to do the full conference this year with John!) The colorful binder is #1's 'back to school' gear that she helped pick out. (It helped her to feel more in control of her future. No, Really - it did)Spelling Power is a spelling curriculum from 8yrs to adult. The list goes on...and on...

I am excited! I have peace in my heart and am resolved in my mind. I'm nervous and thrilled and putting together a schedule that seems packed yet possible. But until September 14th, I'm going to do as much of this as I can:

#3

#2 - with 'muscles'

#1, #3, #2

Blessings,

Aubrey

I'm still here!

Now that August is here, preparations are in full swing for a homeschool adventure!

I'll put up a picture simply because posts are semi-boring without one....

I love change!

So I changed the web address and name of this blog because it's mine and I can!

As you see it is now thetamingofahomeschoolmom.blogspot.com

See you round!

'Mama Said There Would Be Days Like This'

'there'd be days like this my mama said (mama said mama said)'

Maybe I go a little too far, but after having a difficult day, I often look through pictures from days I know I was a good mom to happy children....

My lovely little lady with lyric lines

Um...who ever knows where she is going?

We are in trouble with this one!

She moves so beautifully...

Depth....pure depth....

I wonder what she's pretending about?

This is them! To a Freaking T!

Amen

Mobile Blogging

I never knew how much I wanted a blackberry until I got very behind on my blog for the second time. So much has happened since we were last together.....


1) June turned into July

2) I turned 30

3) I turned 30


is there an echo in here?


That may not seem like a lot - but let me tell you, it is! Let me see if I can rustle up some pictures somewhere.....

Nope! Not one single picture was taken the day of my birthday! Well, that's a slight exaggeration but still...my friend Denise is putting together a book with the pictures she took at the SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY John managed to put together without my knowledge!!!!!

And that was even after a fantastic (good words still fail me and you know how impossible that sounds, right?) dinner at Heidi's Mpls. French cuisine - I'll give you the list of what we had - check out their menu!

Appetizer ~ Watermelon Soup

Appetizer ~ Chefzilla Surprise (tempura battered soft-shell crab on black lentils)

John's Entree ~ Steamed Scottish Salmon

Aubrey ~ Pasta with Celery pesto and Fresh pulled mozzarella

(Some day I may figure out how to get my camera phone pictures from my email to my blog - SOME DAY)

I could keep going on and on but let's just say that the whole day was completely nothing less than extraordinary!

I have some very special friends...

Okay - Let's catch up with some other pictures

a girl

a harvest

a wedding

a race

a park

The End

"We Home!!!"

I meant to post sooner - like, during the weekend, but wi-fi was down! Bummer...

I'm sure I'll elaborate sooner or later, but let's just say a good time was had by all:

(Extra Daughter = 12 year old niece!!!)