The kids have turned the pile of unfolded laundry into a ballpit/sandbox/play area. The baby is giggling, so I'm not going to fuss, but I'm also not rewashing that laundry!

I joined this board when my oldest was a year and a half old. I now have four kids and the youngest is a year and a half old, and we are doing our first year of “official” homeschool thanks to the pandemic. I feel prepared-ish and like I’ll be able to muddle through with help. Thanks all!

Still need to clean it up, but think I found a working high-school-lab-quality microscope at Goodwill for $8.

Word nerds: Oxford Dictionaries has a delightful new video channel on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/user/OxfordDictionaries/videos?view=0&flow=grid&sort=p

Hey, it works! Reading Librarian Who Measured the Earth, and DS5 says, "Did you say Nile? That's in the Story of the World!"

The oversize picturebook "365 Penguins" is awesome. That is all.

The Read-Aloud Revival podcast is so excellent! I keep doing chores so I can keep listening.

Our next-door neighbor who didn't so much as wave at us the first 10 years we lived here just came over and gave us all the board games her kids have grown out of!

You guys might dig this newish subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/frugallearning

Our new backyard hens seem to be thriving. I'm a real hippie now!

Wow, you're so sweet, thank you!

Two Hive recs (Stockmar crayons and Librivox's Blue Fairy Book) are rocking my world right now. Thanks all!

Sometimes raising your own children feels like such an edgy decision in our culture--being a SAHM makes me feel weird and alone in some ways.

Just discovered the Zoobean children's book filter site--I now have 45 tabs open. Hee.

I love the Preschool Prep Meet the Sight Words videos!

Did our first poetry memorization this week--kid rebelled and enjoyed it simultaneously.

Got a new bookcase (present from DH); having a field day bringing in books from the garage and rearranging things generally.

My mom found our old wooden Cuisenaire rods in the attic!

Man, I need to clean my house. And we were doing so well there for a while...