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To: HairOfTheDog
You would not BELIEVE all the things my kids learn about just in the backyard! The other day, we talked about mushroom spores! They have observed the entire life cycle of a black Swallowtail butterfly, from seeing the butterfly lay the eggs 6 inches from their face, to seeing the baby caterpillars to seeing the chrysalis and then the emerging butterfly.

I take the responsiblity very seriously..(can you tell?) and look for every opportunity to teach them. The curriculum I chose helps me know what to expound on when I get the opportunity and covers any gaps. But it's not all they do. It's more of a guide.

As they get older, they will naturally need to aquire the skills to be able to provide for their future families. This will require more and more discipline at studies and preparing for college. Can I help them with this? Can I do it? DARN TOOTIN'!

8,481 posted on 06/10/2002 5:13:49 PM PDT by 2Jedismom
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To: 2Jedismom
I gotta go...hubby's home.
8,482 posted on 06/10/2002 5:21:58 PM PDT by 2Jedismom
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To: 2Jedismom
I know you will do it. And I would be the same way with my kids, if I had them. I enjoy sharing the joy of discovering things in the outdoors, and my appreciation for my horses. I particularly enjoy days like yesterday, when I could share the experience of my little farm with the three girls from the city who came out with my friend. They got to see and touch and experience everything here that they have never seen, meet my horse, and learn to communicate with him with respect and kindness.

When we were done riding, I sent them down the path through my woods alone to find the "Witch's circle" and explore it for themselves.

(hehehe) Before you guys freak out, I am not a witch (I hope you know that!)... but there is a very cool little secret clearing in my woods that has intrigued me since I moved in here. When I moved in here, the place was a mess and overgrown, all except this nicely groomed path out to a nicely maintained grassy clearing in the middle of my woods... There is a cool wooden chair in the middle of it, and a fire pit. I named it the witch's circle, and like to create intrigue in the minds of visitors who try to figure out what the former residents did out there.

8,483 posted on 06/10/2002 5:28:52 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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