part 1

One of our members is the leader for Roots and Shoots-- an ecology focused organization--for our group. For their valentines, her family passed out a snack sized ziploc bag with a peat moss pellet, a gourd seed, a Hershey's kiss, and instructions for planting the seed.

I was explaining to Caleb and Ben on the way home how we would wet the pellet, put the seed in it, etc., and they became very excited. As we were chatting, I heard a dismayed sounding "Uh-oh" from the back seat. Micheline seemed upset and when I asked her what was wrong, she said, "I don't have a seed in my bag." I asked her... more

Caleb experienced his first Valentine's Day in America, and it has been an eye-opening experience for both of us. We've been working on valentines for quite a few days now since we belong to a homeschooling group of families who have adopted from China, and were participating in a valentines exchange of 36 valentines via the U.S. mail. Unlike Ben and Micheline who fizzled out pretty fast, Caleb worked long and hard on his valentines and proudly showed me each one when it was finished.

We also belong to a local homeschooling... more