Diary of a Home Ed Novice

It's been a really nice season lately - we've been pretty laid back about all the ebbs and flows of our home educating, and I'm ...

Apologies for another long absence... last weekend Hubby "generously" brought home some nasty germs, and boy, did I ever succumb?!...

It's been a slow day today - for no reason that I can see particularly, except that we've just had a fairly busy weekend.  It doesn...

As we've recently past the first anniversary of starting our home education journey, we've been reflecting on our decision, and look...

... is still better than a bad day at school!"  That's how the saying goes - and I'm so grateful that it's true!  To be fai...

I love Facebook.  I was in a conversation on it the other day, and identifying with that familiar HE struggle between the heart's love o...

Hubby came home in time to put Middle and Youngest to bed last night, so I had a nice snuggly time with Eldest, watching an episode of Lego ...

Given that today was a low-key pyjama day as has become our habit, it was still a pretty exciting day, most especially for Middle.  Today he...

I may have gone overboard a little yesterday, so today I will refrain from mentioning the spiky creatures today (but they're doing very ...

I saw a cartoon last week that goes as follows: "I love routine. Until I'm bored, then I love excitement. Until I'm overwhel...