This Rugged JoyFull Home

A fishbowl photo from 2009. Bethany and Noah, seven and one year-old respectively, year 2007.   Year 2007, when I was "21" and Noah was one year-old. Ha! Happy birthday, Noah Bear😍 Last year, on the same month of July, our family went to a dinosaur museum  in Moscow to celebrate our Noah's 10th birthday.  It was a dream come true for him, a decade-long wait had been over. How time flies around here and now he turns 21 11!  He is our boy from the wild and below is a poem to prove it just in case you can't tell.  He's into poems lately. And I guess too much rain in the Philippines lately has been making him write poems to curtail the boredom that's starting to seep in. The Ocean By Noah Isaiah The deep, deep ocean Dark and blue Is teeming with life You never knew Underneath this world You will hear  The call of a Whale That is near Its scars, visible From the fight with a Squid And it is gone In its stomach, it is hi...

          Welcome Home   Heavy luggage           Smooth floors Security guards           And sliding doors The sound of planes           Ascending, descending Ready to go back home           To your family depending Now you are           Inside a car To go to a place           Not that far Your house           Warm, safe, and cozy Oh, the house is very toasty           You get to see light You get to see rain           And don't have to experience working pain You get to watch           You get to rest And get bitten by an annoying pest           You can read In peace and quiet     ...

Are you ready for a walk along the park? Get ready because I've asked my daughter to walk you through her quarterly portfolio, to show you a sample of what is going on in our homeschooling, our learnings, our adventures, our family values. Below is a sample of what my daughter would include in her quarterly portfolio. She has chosen the reflective form of presenting her ideas where she  applied subject integrations and their applications in real life. I hope that you will enjoy the walk, take time to look at each slide and perhaps pick up something good along the way.