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It wasn't like he had begged for a viola. I play both violin and viola and he had expressed no spontaneous interest in taking up the vio...

Not much of note on the way home. We spent a day in Spokane, did some shopping, went to Riverfront Park and did some kid-things (rode the 19...

We went to a nearby city (Moscow, ID) for the Farmers' Market because Stanley, one of Erin's instructors, was playing jazz violin fo...

The institute was awesome. Erin had 6-7 hours a day of instruction. She was the youngest in most of her classes by at least 2-3 years, so sh...

Arrived in Pullman, checked into the dorm (wonderful! a suite of three small bedrooms and a large living / kitchenette area and bathroom) an...

Did most of the southerly drive to get us into the US for our music workshop. Stopped to get a map of the area in the first town on the Amer...

We visited Fort Steele, a re-created 1898 town, and spent the better part of the day there despite an incredible downpour. Had a ride on a s...

We visited the Creston wetland wildlife preserve. Saw turtles and birds. Walked the boardwalk, hiked the perimeter of some marshes, looked a...

Two weeks off for Chuck and a music workshop to go to in Washington State. Drove away amidst mixed weather. Waited an extra hour to take the...

We have the coolest new family of unschoolers here in the New Denver area. After trying out the area last fall they moved away, then moved b...

Today in math they multiplied decimals to hundredths by single digits, did speed drill on division facts to 50, and reviewed 3D solids like ...

Off she went yesterday morning with her backpack and her lunch and a big grin and a bit of nervousness. I picked her up at the end of the...

Up early to get Erin's cast off. The kids were impressed with the cast saw. We tried to meet with the Manager at the hospital who could ...

The day started with my "tour of the property". I try to get outside first thing every morning and do a circuit to check on everyt...

I still haven't heard from the teacher who is supposed to call me about Erin joining her class next week. I talked to the principal on T...

We've been for a weekend out of town (medical conference), some book-shopping and art-supply restocking, and a lot of driving. My double...

Gosh, it's been a while. I can't possible include all the details of the last month, but here's an overview. My mom has been o...

Noah's penpal's team lost their soccer championship game. Too bad. The good news is that we'll be meeting him and his sisters an...

Yesterday Noah's penpal's dad came for a visit. The penpal lives in Holland. His family is planning to immigrate to our neck of the ...

Sophie is reading everything lately. She'll sit with magazines, comic compilations (Garfield is a favourite), easy readers, novels, news...