This summer we decided to forgo major travels and enjoy a series of brief excursions just beyond our usual stomping grounds. Our most recent adventure took us to the gateway city–St. Louis. Now, I didn’t know too much about St. Louis, but in my imagination I kind of likened it to vacationing in Gary, Indiana [...]
st. louis summertime spirit
July 19th, 2011
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Tags: animals · family fun · history · museums · photos · road-schooling · travel · vacation
unschooling: the short answer
August 1st, 2010
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I was just doing a bit of reading and came upon this inspiring description of what it means to unschool your whole life. Of course, many folks understand that we “homeschool,” but no one in our immediate circle seems to get the fuller sense of how we live–and strive to live–our lives. It seems to [...]
Tags: living simply · parenting · reading · road-schooling · unschooling
sleeping bears, bumper cars, and the tip of a peninsula
July 18th, 2010
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Wow–I can’t believe we’ve been home for a week. Even though we’re already home I want to post about the last stop on our three-week adventure. We decided to check out Sleeping Bear Dunes and Traverse City on our way home so we booked the Courtyard Marriot for a few nights before heading home to [...]
Tags: family fun · nature · photos · road-schooling · travel · vacation
