One of the goals of our homeschool is for Little Buddy to learn about the world we live in, our history, and how we can make the world better than we found it. Today we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday. Growing up, I knew a little bit about Martin Luther King, Jr. What I [...]

The 2010 Winter Olympics take place in Vancouver, Canada February 12 – 28th. I remember growing up and being mesmerized by gracefulness of the figure skating. Remember Torvill and Dean at the Sarajevo Olympics? If for some reason you don’t remember (and please don’t make me feel any older than I am by saying you [...]

For a while, Little Buddy has been asking me for Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for his laptop. Since he is eight and I barely know how to use these myself, we have politely declined his request. Finally, thanks to Amy Bayliss, we discovered getpaint.net. This free design software is definitely not at the Photoshop or [...]

This past Christmas, Little Buddy received the game Ticket to Ride by Days of Wonder. I had heard of this game, but had definitely not seen it in my local Target store. His game was purchased through Amazon, you know, the store with everything that you can get your purchases lickety split. Especially if you are [...]