April 13, 2010

Homeschooling – Andrew Wood style

So – I thought I’d update the homeschooling situation.  Here’s the schedule I came up with: 8:30-9:30  Morning housework 9:30-10:00  Scripture study/memorization 10:00-10:30  Math 10:30-10:45  Break/snack 10:45-11:00  Handwriting 11:00-12:00  Reading/Spelling/Grammar/Writing 12:00-1:00  Lunch Break 1:00-1:30  Independent reading 1:30-2:30  Science/Social Studies 2:30-2:45  Piano practice/lesson 2:45-3:00  Spanish 3:00-3:30  Enrichment subjects (art/computers) or finishing up work Tom thinks it is too long – and […]

Family 3 1 min read
April 5, 2010

Homeschooling, Me??

So, after a frustrating few months where Andrew has done less and less well at controlling his impulse to hit others when frustrated, and where school interventions (and home interventions) haven’t seemed to make the least bit of difference … We’re trying something new.  Andrew is going to begin homeschooling on Wednesday (school wants him to finish his CSAP testing […]

Family 3 1 min read
March 17, 2010

What’s going on?

I’m happy to report that since coming home from Utah I have continued to feel happy (or at least not depressed).  This morning when it was so sunny at nine a.m. I thought to myself, “how could I be depressed with all this light hitting my eyeballs?” I’m not happy to report that Andrew still seems to be struggling with […]

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December 31, 2009

Christmas – How did you spend your day?

Well – we survived thrived through another Christmas season!  I was most relieved to stop shopping.  When Christmas day arrived I was done, for better or worse! Tom prepared a five course meal for Christmas Eve. Here’s the menu: Black Bean Soup Spinach Salad with Raspberries and Cranberries and toasted Pecans Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding and steamed Carrots A […]

Family 4 1 min read
October 29, 2009

The Great Winter Storm of Oct 2009

So here we are in the second day of this winter storm.  The second day of !NO SCHOOL! as my kids will say with frequency!  Here are some pictures from yesterday: These were taken maybe around noon or so?  Quite a bit of snow, especially since it has never really stopped snowing since it started.  I cleared a good eight […]

Family 1 1 min read
October 17, 2009

Back to Work

Well – Tom is going back to work on Monday. He’s got a six-month contract with IBM in Boulder. Here’s hoping the work is interesting and the commute isn’t too heinous! Since he was offered the job, Tom has done the following: Helped his mom clear the barn behind her house. This involved hiring a roll-away dumpster and then proceeding […]

Family 2 1 min read
September 19, 2009

A Surprise Night in Town

Tom & I had a surprise night in downtown Denver last night.   My brother, Andrew, had a free night at the Westin Hotel and very kindly gave it to us (he thought he had to pay us back or something for watching his kids last weekend!).  It was so fun to have a random get-away.  To avoid parking, we rode […]

Family 5 1 min read
September 3, 2009

Beautiful Music

Last Sunday Spencer made his first appearance in church playing the cello.  Jen Cottle, who is currently in charge of music for her ward (congregation), asked Spencer if he would prepare a hymn to play.  He really didn’t want to do it, but Tom and I ganged up on him.   Originally Tom thought he would play the Ensemble part, but […]

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August 29, 2009

It’s Official – Spencer is 15 years old!!

So, yesterday Spencer turned 15.  That seems awfully old for a mom as young as I am!!  Unlike some people (don’t look at me!) Spencer didn’t assume that just because it was his birthday he didn’t have to go to school or seminary – of course, he was probably hoping for lots of attention from the girls and didn’t want […]

Family 4 1 min read
August 7, 2009

Random Stuff

So – it’s time to update the blog (my motivation for writing) Last weekend my parents, siblings, and all kids (with the exception of my youngest brother, Andrew, who was on business in Germany – lucky dog, but we missed him!) got together for our 1st “Joe and Pam Cottle Reunion” (there’s got to be a better name than that.  […]

Family 4 3 min read

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