Yellow Hat Mom

It's the night before we start our grand adventure.  Everyone has gone to bed anticipating a great day.  Annie and I have talked about our plans for the week, and she's excited.  I'm somewhere between scared stiff and th ...... More »

I've just sent a letter to Annie's teacher explaining that she won't be coming back to her school. Each of the steps in the process of setting up our home school has brought me closer to a kind of resolve that this is th ...... More »

Welcome back to the blog! We’ve had a long period of absence on the blog because, as I’ve discovered, the task of raising kids who are active, engaged learners leaves little down time! Combined with normal “life” act ...... More »

I've been compiling a list of places I'd like to go in conjunction with my earlier list of themes for each week.  So far, I've just put the list together.  There are certainly more things to do in the Washington area, es ...... More »

While Pippi napped, Annie and I were making lists.  I've been working on a  list of places to go this summer: website links, and locations which I can put into an Excel spreadsheet... because I am a nerd.  Annie, on the ...... More »

Need something to do to test your own brain and reawaken your vocabulary prowess? Keep your own mind challenged and try "Free Rice."  Each correct answer you supply buys ten grains of rice for a child in need. Sometimes ...... More »

This may be one of the last uninterrupted summers that I have with the girls. At first, I began to panic at the thought of an entire summer with no camps and only one planned week at the beach. It seemed (ok, and sti ...... More »

Today's Washington Post features an op-ed piece on parenting advice, parenting  magazines, and the neverending, black hole of parenting publications.  I know.  Decry the massive amounts of publishing about parenting on t ...... More »

There is so much to do in the Washington area that it is overwhelming to try to list it all or to choose between one thing or another.  Each month, I've tried to make lists of calendars and events to help me choose the b ...... More »

For those of you who experienced that period of life between the end of naptime and when kindergarten begins, this will come as no surprise. For those of you who still get regular naps from your child and think this will ...... More »