Hiking Mommy

mommy by HikingmommyAugust 20, 2014August 20, 2014

Tri #3

So I think I’ve officially been bitten by the Tri-Bug. I completed my 3rd sprint tri last weekend and had a blast. I got to do it with 3 fun friends which made it all the more fun. I had moved on from my goal being to just finish to actually doing better on each […]

mommy by HikingmommyAugust 19, 2014

Adoption Update

I’m looking forward to actually having something to update everyone about. Right now it’s kind of status quo. We are still waiting. There has been quite a bit of movement in Korea recently, and a number of families that I have met have gotten exit permissions approved and are waiting for court dates. I have […]

Gardening by HikingmommyAugust 18, 2014

Gardening 101 Week 21

We have our first ripe tomatoes. Only 3 so far, but a bunch that are ready to ripen this week. I am getting excited about making salsa and pasta sauce. I’m not so sure my husband is ready to spend out evenings cutting and dicing. I keep reminding him that it is good time together. […]

Homeschool by HikingmommyAugust 17, 2014

Standing on the Edge

Tomorrow is the day. Tomorrow we start the new adventure of homeschooling. I think I’m ready. I’ve pulled out all the books and such for the first week, I’ve looked over the plans for the week, I’ve gotten the calendar ready and even wrote out a little schedule on the white board to help me […]

Gardening by HikingmommyAugust 11, 2014August 11, 2014

Gardening 101 Week 20

Week 20? Is that possible already? Yes! You’ve been hard at work for 20 weeks now, and hopefully your garden is beginning to show the fruits of your hard labor. I kind of think of this stage as maintenance. Things are ripening, the things that aren’t going to make it declared themselves long ago, and […]

mommy by HikingmommyAugust 8, 2014August 8, 2014

Edric’s 9th Package

I just got Edric’s 9th package mailed off earlier this week to travel with a family this weekend. We got photos of Edric last week and showed him playing with the rings and clutching the photo book that we sent in package #8. He should get this package at the end of August when he […]

Homeschool by HikingmommyJuly 31, 2014July 31, 2014

Choosing Homeschool Curriculum

How does one go about the overwhelming task of deciding which curriculum to use? There are about a million different options and about a billion opinions about why one is better than the other, what should be done each year, what is not good about a certain program etc etc etc. It can be a […]

mommy by HikingmommyJuly 30, 2014

A Birthday Hike

Leighton turned 5 a couple of weeks ago. We decided to go on a hike on his actual birthday as a family. We did one for his 1st and 2nd but missed #3 and 4. We had initially planned to go on one of our favorite hikes up in Rocky Mountain National Park, but with […]

mommy by HikingmommyJuly 29, 2014July 29, 2014

Kids and Movement

There have been a couple of recent articles about the lack of movement with kids today. http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/let-em-out-the-many-benefits-of-outdoor-play-in-kindergarten/ and http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/07/08/why-so-many-kids-cant-sit-still-in-school-today I think they are very interesting. We are doing such a disservice to our kids today, and its sad. Not only are we affecting their concentration but their core strength. I’m not sure when we became […]

Gardening by HikingmommyJuly 28, 2014

Gardening 101 Week 20

I have beans! I saw a few small ones early this week and then was checking everything out this weekend and lifted up some leaves and found some full size beans! And more then just a few. I’m already looking forward to some fresh green beans this week for dinner. And my zucchini is nuts. […]