Celebration
I believe that celebration needs to be an important part of our life. In fact, it is one of our family’s core values. It is intrinsic to who we are Continue Reading →
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Weekly Highlights 24th November 2013
Christmas preparations have begun. Every year I have tried to do a daily advent devotion with the kids and we never seem to finish it before Christmas. We tend to Continue Reading →
Helping your child choose a career path
Yesterday, Matey spent forty minutes with a careers advisor. An opportunity came up, so we took it even though he is only seven years old, nearly eight. The career advisor Continue Reading →
Weekly Highlights 17th November 2013
One of Matey’s characteristics is that he is extremely generous. We often see this displayed when, as a family, we discuss how much we will contribute to various causes or Continue Reading →
Life or death in the tongue
Words spoken harshly or hastily can still affect us years after the incident. Did a parent or teacher ever make a negative remark to you that you can still remember? “You Continue Reading →
Weekly Highlights 10th November 2013
This week was a very short week of formal schooling. Being homeschoolers, we see life as one great big ‘school’ but there are times when I fall back into the Continue Reading →
Empowering our children to make great choices
Two years ago, Princess (then aged 8), was invited to a close friend’s sleepover birthday party on the same night as her dance school’s cabaret in which she had been asked to Continue Reading →
Weekly Highlights 3rd November 2013
Matey’s new pet: Matey (7) was given a bird on Saturday by friends of ours. These friends had recently given Princess two china cups with Queen Elizabeth’s coronation and picture on Continue Reading →
“I will never…”
When I was in year 10 at high school, I was a School captain. A boy in our grade had mental development issues and he used to hang around me Continue Reading →