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Laundry Woes
The other day, we held a family meeting to reassign chores. Among other things, Fletcher is now responsible for folding and putting away the laundry. Well, apparently a few hours after our family meeting, Fletcher approached Jim. “Dad, do I have to fold mom’s clothes?” “Yes.” And then, in his loud, raspy, Fletcher voice: “But…
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Blueberry Picking Time
Once again, it is time for another Jonas family tradition – blueberry picking! Blueberries are not nearly as messy as some of the other fruits we pick – such as strawberries or raspberries. See, you can hardly tell that Jade has been gorging herself on blueberries. Of course, when we picked her up out of…
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Learning to Draw
All of our children love to draw, but Emery is our budding artist. For Christmas, he received a Drawing curriculum that has a DVD portion. We made use of Jim’s most recent gleaning to have a drawing lesson. Here are the children watching the DVD portion of the curriculum: Jim took this following photo b/c…
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More gleanings
It’s been a while since I posted about any garbage gleanings. (Don’t worry, they still arrive daily, they just aren’t very noteworthy.) Jim did happen to find a good one the other day, that I need to tell you about. The children have been listening to an audio ancient history book. They’ve really been enjoying…
