May. 28, 2009 - Busy, Busy!
I still need to post a final update on our schoolyear, and I'd still like to do a post with my thoughts about the Cincinnati Homeschool Convention, but here's a look at how we've spent our first week of "summer vacation":
Before:
A bountiful harvest from our little garden. Every day all three boys run out to the garden to see how many strawberries they can collect. Most days it's around 30, with our big day being a little more than 40!
After:
Our first try at canning was a big success! Big Man and I worked hard at making about a years worth of strawberry jam. YUM!
Putting ideas together for Peanut (4) this fall.
Since it looks like it's going to take a whole lot of work getting things to stick in Peanuts brain, I'm going to attack things from as many angles as possible....while keeping it as fun as I can of course. I've only just begun to get my things together. Once I'm finished, I'll get a post together listing all of the things we'll be doing. So far I have: file folder games, Right Start math games, Math U See for math, Earobics, Letter/shapes/colors/numbers games, ideas from Carol Barniers books, my Preschool Planning pages from last year, and an amazing website that I'm drooling over: Tot School. If you haven't visited Tot School, you MUST. This lady is brilliant! Also, as a HUGE praise, the insurance company has said it will cover Peanut's Neuropsych exam! That is a major, major answer to prayer!
Well, I'm off to do a little more planning, then it's off to a date night with Little Monkey (6). Happy summer!
Comments
May. 28, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Yum! How many strawberry plants do you have in your garden? We have a small strawberry patch, but I don't think we'll be getting that many berries. Perhaps because it is there first year of producing.
May. 28, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
Oops. Didn't mean to be anonymous. I'm Dana. From Principled Discovery:
http://principleddiscovery.com
May. 29, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by barrellfullofmonkeys
Dana,
Three years ago we planted 12 plants. Four Junebearing and eight ever-bearing. I have always heard that it takes about three years for them to really produce well. That has certainly been true for us! I'm amazed how many strawberries we get every day, especially considering there are birds, a baby rabbit, and our dog hunting for berries in the garden too ;)
Kathy D.
May. 29, 2009 - Yumm!
Posted by Momma Knows
My strawberry garden is in full bloom right now, but we will have to wait a while for the strawberries. Last year was the first time we harvested, and we got around 10 gallons of berries! I made freezer jam for the first time, and it turned out AMAZING. I also packed up quart size freezer bags of whole strawberries, for just whatever comes up. We had some great fruit salads, strawberry syrup, and of course shortcake! Can't wait to see what we get this year!
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