An Update on my 52 in 52

Things have gotten a little fluffy around here.  I’m closer to finishing 52 books in 52 weeks, but I’m also having to admit to a streak of light reading.
Here’s what I’ve read since I last posted an update:
Cell by Stephen King – all I have to say about this is yikes.  Way too graphic and [...]

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We interrupt our regularly scheduled program…

You saw my lovely TOG folders, right?  All perfectly organized according to week numbers and children.  I had some pretty, pretty plans.  And now we’ve shelved them all until after Christmas.
Yikes.
It started with Abbie.  She was getting frustrated with school work in general and needed to get outside the box.  We ended up getting a [...]

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Today we officially become the Best Parents in the World

This morning Abbie writes her Math 10 Provincial exam. We have decided to reward her hard work with an iPhone. She’s wanted to have her own phone for quite some time now. There hasn’t ever been a need for this. I mean really, she’s 13. Either she’s at home, at church, at [...]

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Struggling against being busy

I’m tired of being busy.  Or maybe being busy just makes me tired…  Either way, I’m serious about cutting down our outside activities this year.  Sure, I say that every year and yes, I am saying this while still recovering from our crazy spring, but I *really* mean it this time!
I have this ideal picture [...]

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BC CHEC 2009

We had a fantastic convention this year!  Maggie Hogan (brom www.brightideaspress.com) was our key-note speaker.  She was funny, gracious and practical.  

Here’s a picture of Maggie up at the front doing her first key-note.  She sure knows how to wake people up in the morning!  Maggie is very real and very funny.  She had us all [...]

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Kids Have Talent is over

They didn’t win, but they sure had fun!  Double Trouble had over 500 votes so thanks to everyone who voted.  The duo walked away with a prize bag full of pictures and momentos and $300 for coming in the top 10.  They split their loot and Jacob bought the biggest Star Wars lego ship he [...]

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Jennifer from Quiverfull Family has won the contest!

Jennifer,
You won a copy of The Latin Centered Curriculum!  Congratulations!  I used a very scientific method to determine who the random winner would be…I asked Jacob to pick a number between 1 and 10.  He picked 5 and that was you.
Contact me at: sarbenn at telus dot net to claim your prize.
And to everyone who [...]

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Win a copy of Latin Centered Curriculum!

It’s really easy.  All you have to do is listen to Double Trouble play Val’s Dream and then write a comment on this post.  I’ll choose a random winner and will post the name of the winner on Friday at 6pm. 
Val’s Dream:
http://www.supload.com/sound_confirm.php?get=1193747770.wav
If you have trouble downloading it, just email me and I’ll send you a [...]

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Don’t Forget to Vote!

We spent the week camping in Parksville and then the boys and I attended the Vancouver Island Fiddle Camp.  It was a ton of fun and the boys learned a lot.  Unfortunately, this has meant that we haven’t had an opportunity to market Double Trouble.  And we’re up against some very professional competition.  This leg [...]

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Mission Monde – French curriculum review

I had the privilege of reviewing a new French language program called Mission Monde. Mission Monde is a comprehensive program that offers a K-2 level (Mission ABC) as well as further levels. It includes oral conversation, a quality audio component, interesting and relevant content, explicit grammar instruction and a variety of assignments that will help [...]

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