Comments for blog.limedaley.com/post/lots-happening

Comment #1658

2009-09-02T15:39:41Z

Maybe Faith could work on the "blanket time" idea.

Comment #1657

2009-09-02T15:34:22Z

I think Faith will be reading before she can speak, if she's listening in on her brothers' lessons all the time! :) I'm sure it will be easier when they're all old enough to sit still through the lesson.

Comment #1656

2009-08-29T12:45:10Z

Good question! The key, I think, is to find activities to occupy the younger ones during school time. Noah has his own "school" but so far, Faith has been a distraction. She did spend some of yesterday's session in her highchair with a paper and pencil.

Comment #1655

2009-08-28T22:08:43Z

I can't believe little Jonathan's already in kindergarten! How will you keep him on task with Faith and Noah around?

Comment #1654

2009-08-15T18:29:41Z

I don't think they have any smell. But there are many varieties, and this is the only one I've ever seen/eaten/smelled.

Comment #1653

2009-08-08T13:44:05Z

Oh, yes, I remember lots of nasturtiums growing up. I don't remember eating them, however. Then again, we pulled up purslane as a weed (it certainly grew like one) and only recently have I learned that not only is it (supposedly) good to eat, but it has lovely flowers.

As I recall, I didn't like the smell of nasturtiums, though they were pretty. Maybe they taste better than they smell.

Comment #1652

2009-08-08T13:10:52Z

I thought your PA grandfather grew nasturtiums. Does any one remember? I even thought it was him that told me you could eat them.

Comment #1651

2009-08-06T22:50:47Z

Yes, that's why I bought the seeds. Pretty cool, I thought, to grow flowers for our salads. They have a strong peppery taste if you eat them whole.

We picked and ate two cherry tomatoes today, yum-my! Then Faith picked three more green/yellow-green ones before I knew what was happening. She ate half each of two of them and then gave the rest to me. Not nearly as good as ripe ones.

Faith loves blackberries, too, but I don't put her down in the backyard because of the thorns.

Comment #1650

2009-08-06T14:56:42Z

You can eat nasturtiums?

Comment #1649

2009-08-06T11:09:26Z

What a lovely update to wake up to!

Hooray for not using an official curriculum! I think they are great for ideas and inspiration, and I've learned from experience that organization and consistency are really important -- but your unofficial curriculum is also a lovely thing.

You would have done a nicer job than I did with Janet & Stephan's cake -- but no one could have been more enthusiastic about the decorating than your children were!