A Fly On My Homeschool Wall

December beauty at Little Blue Trace--photo credit:  Nature Angel After church on Sunday, Baymax reminded me that I'd promised a visit to Cave Spring. I decided there was no time like the present, as time outside helps my small ones honor our Father in Heaven a little bit more reverently in formal worship meetings. We've begun to try to figure out how old the tracks are that we find.  We're trying to remember weather patterns and assess the dryness and other clues to help us.  So far we're able to tell if the tracks are "new" or "old."  Perhaps greater finesse will come with time and experience. Found a treasure buried in the leaves. Climbing the cave wall never gets old. Lola as sloth. :) This little area was new to us, and instead of hiking, we stopped to balance and play for as long as we could.   We barely had time to enjoy the big tree, when I realized it was time to head home for the remainder of our church meetings.  We hustled back and had a ...

Photo credit:  The vast majority of the photos in this post were taken by Nature Angel.  If it is a good photo--it was her.   This week was about survival. We needed enough routine to stay organized, and enough flexibility to handle the special occasions that ruled the week. The holiday season is hard. We had a birthday one day.  I had a long, long medical appointment one day.  We had Daddy gone to work most of the days.  We had our usual schedule with our RBT; we had an unusual schedule with our BCBS (ABA therapy staff members).   Is my anxiety worse because the kids' anxiety is worse? Or vice-versa? We practiced gratitude every day!   And one thing to be grateful for was Super Star's first day at her new job!!!!!   She humored me with a proud-mom moment before she left for the day. She loves her job!  It is so perfect for her, and she is so perfect for it.   She gets all of the grown-up benefits, and she's reveling in them! ...