Armed with paper, crayons, and pencils at the Cockrell Butterfly Center of the HMNS, C&D and a friend drew pictures of what they saw. After lots of hard work, it was time to play.

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The first part of the 2011 Houston Rodeo Parade, as photographed by Carmen. And later that day at the George Ranch, as photographed by David, featuring 2-week-old piglets

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When people find out I homeschool, one of the first questions they usually ask is, “What curriculum do you use?” I’m getting used to answering the question, just like I had to learn how to answer the question that inevitably came after “Are they twins?”: “Are they identical?” No, they’re not identical. Without getting too [...]

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Our jogging stroller never knew what it was getting into when we bought it. Red, bought on craigslist, originally sold by a bike shop in a college town well north of the Mason-Dixon line. Probably enjoyed several years of light use with small, light kids. The seller included two sheets of paper with it. One [...]

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After last week’s weather with temperatures that dropped into the 20’s,  this week has been pleasant, almost too warm.  The song of the birds rises above the city traffic, and the bees are madly dashing about, searching for bits of nectar.  At home we’re juggling several projects, not especially well, and I’ve got little piles [...]

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(a post by Matt) I have been in charge of at least 50% of bedtime duty since we started this experiment of trying to raise two babies at the same time, and 100% of it since the babies stopped really being babies. I think I kind of fell into it because A) I was in [...]

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A few pictures from recent going-ons. David at the playground, about to go down a slide. We like to play in the garage, bringing tables, chairs, and elaborate setups down to enjoy the big open space. Sometimes the space expands to the driveway and beyond. A project for a cold day: Rolled beeswax candles, with [...]

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