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Anika was suposed to get her first pair of real figure skates for her birthday August 2. Unfortunately, she broke her pinky toe three days before and couldn't do the fitting. So finally, last week her Ortho Dr said she could resume skating (but not gymnastics yet) and we went and had her fitted. She's been waiting for the special size they ordered and gets to go try them on (and hopefully buy them) today. She is sooo excited.



As luck shone, she also came into a hand me down beautiful… Continue

What? I thought this was an unschooling blog.... My kids don't have a first day of school. At least they didn't. My brave, independent minded 13yo Sydney has decided to find out what this High School experience so central to our culture is all about. Today I drove her to the school and dropped her off. She is ready for an experience, but unlike almost every other kid there, she is doing it because she wants to and she knows that she isn't stuck there at all.



I do have a twinge of… Continue

I am notably bad about blogging. I don't do a lot of writing on the boards either although I do chime in from time to time. It came as a surprise to me, therefore, when after my first successful attempt at the phenomenon known as nanowrimo (www.nanowrimo.org/) I became completely obsessed with writing fiction.



My husband, sweet insightful man that he is, bought me a MacBook so I could write while I waited for the kids at all of their many activities. What a revelation. I have to… Continue

I wrote something on the music thread today on unschooling basics and I don't take time to write as much as I'd like so I'm posting it here as well. :



I just wanted to share something that happened here just yesterday. An unschooled friend Drew(16) was spending the night at our house and wanted to know (since I play a little piano) if I could help him figure out the theme to Bella's Lullaby from the Twillight soundtrack. "Well, sure!" We listened to it on the computer and replayed a… Continue