academy at thousand oaks

The boys spent Friday morning painting on the easel. Dash started out here with pretty impressive drawings of Mommy and Daddy, but then he ...

Ryan dressed the kids before they went out for another day with Daddy. What you can't see is the Illini shirt he is wearing, as well. I...

Friday night, I knew the boys were playing outside. I went to check on them, and this is exactly how I found them. They had removed their sh...

Thursday, we went to the library and Whole Foods to get our mandatory supply of books, videos, and food. Tornado and I have to have our ref...

Daddy took the three kids on a little outing today to give Mommy time to clean house and prepare lessons for the week. I actually love t...

I read these interactive devotions (that I purchased from Target) to the kids most mornings at breakfast (and sometimes later in the day, if...

For some reason, Tornado likes to wear mismatched socks. He might get this from his aunt Tracy, I don't know. I think he just has this ...

I didn't feel like staying at home today so we took off for the zoo. We met Daddy at the park outside the zoo, to eat and to play. Sissy...

This was a weekend of many accomplishments as we caught up on many neglected chores and projects. Ryan sped through his honey-do list, makin...

My three year old has such a sweet, little voice, and he says the funniest things. I get sad when I think about not having that sweet little...

I haven't been posting everything we've been doing lately because we've been out of town a lot, had out of town company, and I g...

Who needs a "reason" to have fun with a pinata? Not us! Aunt Cary came to visit and promised the kids she would get them a pinata ...

My family on my dad's side got together Sunday for my Grandpa's 88th birthday. This is the only time we all get together every year,...

Tornado has been taking classes at an art school in town. Today we went to see some of his drawings that are on display at the library...

This morning we read "Over in the Meadow" to begin our next habitat study. We brainstormed and gathered materials for our meadow s...