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Can a four-year-old learn to read? And more importantly, should they? Here are my thoughts as a mom of two four-year-old boys who learned to read…and are now 22 and 15-years-old. This post contains affiliate links. Originally written in 2008: Four-year-old Hezekiah can read. And it came on rather suddenly. Hezekiah has known all of…
Scroll down to see our vlog of a morning in our homeschool. I really feel like we are finding our groove of homeschooling this year. Back when I started homeschooling Adalia, Judah, and Tilly I started them all more or less at the same time. All subjects were done together. Each child learned to read…
From the moment I saw the trailer to Stephen King’s Pet Sematary I knew I wanted to recreate the scene with the kids in animal masks. We live on five acres surrounded by woods and I was captivated by the simplicity of the scene in the movie. How seeing a line of kids walking into…
So the other day I asked Hezekiah (14) about how he was enjoying the book he was reading. I am reading it for the second time and was curious about his thoughts. His answer? “Well…so far two men ejaculated in the woods. Then they drugged and kidnapped the third guy. Now he’s locked up and…
Tonsillectomy as a Teen: Hezekiah’s First Surgery Hezekiah has always been a chill guy. He was a dream baby, a laid back brilliant toddler, a happy go-with-the-flow kid. Basically, the polar opposite of his younger brother, Tucker. If every kid was like Hezekiah, ou we would really have an overpopulation problem. One thing I have…
This post about Napoleon Dynamite Party Ideas contains affiliate links. If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook then you can probably guess what theme Hezekiah chose for his 13th birthday. Napoleon Dynamite was an especially apt choice since the movie was released in 2004…the year Hezekiah was born. Hezekiah watched Napoleon Dynamite at a…
Post contains affiliate links. When you’re a twelve-year-old boy and your birth falls on May 4th…as in, May the Fourth Be With You…a Star Wars party is more or less a given. Hezekiah had a Star Wars party two years ago, and was keen to do it all over again; this time with friends from…
Sweet Hezekiah. My Old Soul. Hezekiah has unilateral tonsilitis. After four days of fever and sore throat, I finally took a peek in his mouth and found one huge tonsil with white streaks on it. His throat culture came back negative for strep. He has barely complained. He hasn’t been to school since last Thursday…
, It just so happens that Hezekiah was born on May the Fourth 2004…given my boys’ penchant for Star Wars these days combined with a May the Fourth that fell on a Saturday…well, lets just say it was easy to come up with theme for Hezekiah’s ninth birthday. We had Jar Jar Drinks (Ginger Ale…
Serious Hezekiah. Sweet Hezekiah. As you can see, I finished Hezekiah’s Pi Hat. He was thrilled with it and proudly took it to show-and-tell in his third grade class. I’m not sure if the other eight-year-olds were as impressed with he was, but he loves his hat! And just in case you have an eight-year-old now…