We recently went on a tour of the Blue Bell Creamery located in Brenham, Texas. As any good Texan will tell you, Bluebell is considered to be the best ice cream available. They even use “Bluebell, the best ice cream …
When asked what each child wanted to do for their valentine box Tadpole had an immediate idea. She was the driving force of our butterfly garden which has been a big hit in the household. So, it is no wonder …
This year Minnow had a great idea for his valentine box. He came up with the concept on his own but we had to do quite a bit of sawing and cutting for him. It was a little labor intensive …
Pinterest is always a great source of ideas. Some we pin for later consideration and others are just so timely that we just jump on it. That was the case with the pumpkin project. We were decorating for Halloween and …
Art is a staple in our home. Not only do we frequently create but we also quite regularly attend museums and tours to expose the children to many different forms of art. Quite often we use a recent excursion as …
We went on a mini field trip to Gramen Farm with one of our homeschool groups on Thursday, May 3, 2012. This was not part of any official tour but a drop by to see all it has to offer. …
We thought we would update you a bit on what we have been up to this week. There has been a lot of activity in our butterfly garden. We have caterpillars! We have pretty flowers, too but the caterpillars are …
This morning we had all the kids water the garden and added a few little decorations. We added a red flower near the white butterfly bush which will help attract humming birds and some small water globes that won’t do …
Day 3 of the butterfly garden is not terribly exciting but it is coming together. Homeschool Mom left to go out of town for the holiday with Homeschool Dad joining the following day. But, this left all day for him …
Today we finally got to continue with our butterfly garden. We planned on getting it done this week but the rain had other ideas. Today was the first day we were able to get outside to do some work. We …
Cascarones or confetti eggs are a really fun tradition here in the south, especially around Easter time. They are a lot of fun to make and they are even more fun to smash over people’s heads! The fun of it …
At Homeshcool Pool we had a bit of a dilemma. We have an area in front of our shrubs that needed something. The grass was a bit out of control and with the recent deluge we’ve had, it wasn’t getting …
I would not claim to be a mechanic, however, my father has instilled in me a sense of do it yourself when it comes to vehicles. I won’t tackle major jobs but I have, many times, taken on routine maintenance tasks. Today, …
Last week Homeschool Pool started an art project that Tadpole did for Guppy’s room. Tadpole did all the art portions of it then we framed her work and hung it in Guppy’s room. The whole project was very inexpensive and …
Home Economics is way for homeschool children to learn about how to run a house properly, efficiently and economically. Many of the lessons we teach for Homeschool home Economics at Homeschool Pool consist of the things we need to do …
This morning and afternoon at Homeschool Pool Tadpole and Guppy had camp day at our gym. When they got home they helped with our latest home improvement project for Homeschool Home Economics. We found this on Pinterest and thought it …
Homeschool Pool made some more tutus today. These are made exactly the same as the instructions found at “Make Your Own Tutu“. However, we used the stiffer netting and made them shorter. The first one we did was …
Today in Home Economics we made laundry detergent. Why? Because we ran out and needed some more so it was a good home school home economics lesson. It was also great because we were out of everything so needed to …
