Quirky Girl
With Tessa, Abigail and Rem
Monday, 14 December 2015
A fogbow
Morning walks produce the most surprising sights!
Evening walks are no less delightful: looking out over the Stirling Ranges.
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"May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."
~1 Thessalonians 5:23
L-R: Abigail, Sharon, Samuel, Jeff, Anna, Joshua. July 2012
@ Baladjie Rock, nr Southern Cross, Western Australia. April 2013
Mothers' Day 2010
As I am equipping my children for the life God planned for them,
God is equipping me for the life He planned for me.
Equip Academy
"May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ."
~1 Thessalonians 5:23
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~ Sharon
~ Sharon
A little about me
- Sharon
- I am in Christ; Jeff's wife; Joshua, Anna, Abigail and Samuel's mum. My husband pastors a Baptist church in a little country town in West Australia. I am, therefore, "the Pastor's Wife" - but I do not cook scones, play the organ, or {add your own stereotype here}. I love studying the Bible, because it helps me to love God more. I enjoy helping others engage more closely with the Bible, whether they be my own children, other children (in the past I have worked as a Children's Ministry Worker) or other women (leading Bible study small groups). I also enjoy my chickens and lambs.
Joshua ~ 12
Anna ~ 11
Abigail ~ 10
Samuel ~ 8
Blogs I enjoy
Abigail
allergies
Anna
arts and crafts
Augustine
Australia
away-schooling
Bible
blogity blog blog
BSF
Calvin
Carson
Chesterton
Christian Apologetics
Christian Life
Christian Ministry
Christian Polemics
Church History
Circle Time
cousins
curriculum
Ecclesiastes
End of Year Reports
Family Adventures
Family Day Out
Feed the Family
First Easter Sunday School program
friends
gardening
geography
GradDipDiv
grammar stage
health
history
holidays
homemaking
homeschooling
hospitality
Jeff
Joshua
kindergarten
Lego
literacy
literature
logic stage
LOTE
marriage
mathematics
memorisation
Moments to Treasure
mothering
music
narration
not-at-home-schooling
Parenting Hour
pets
Philippians
play
poetry
politics
quotes
Rant
Reading Reflections
Round Peg Square Hole
Samuel
science
Spiritual Reformation
sticky wwweb
toilet training
Tree Change life
Tripp
Twilight saga
vision and philosophy
Weekly Reports
Our Family
L-R: Abigail, Sharon, Samuel, Jeff, Anna, Joshua. July 2012
Our Family on Location
@ Baladjie Rock, nr Southern Cross, Western Australia. April 2013
Jeff and Sharon
Mothers' Day 2010
My Own Intentional Reading
"Deep reading is indistinguishable from deep thinking" ~ Maryanne Wolf
Our current Read Aloud
"A good vocabulary is not acquired by reading books written according to some notion of the vocabulary of one's age group. It comes from reading books above one." ~ JRR Tolkien
We've been reading these...
- 2015:
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- The Outcasts, The Hunters, The Invaders, The Slaves of Socorro and Scorpion Mountain by John Flanagan on Bolinda audiobook, thanks to BorrowBox and our local library
- Five on a Treasure Island, Five Go Adventuring Again and Five Run Away Together by Enid Blyton
- 2014:
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective by Mark Twain, on Open Book Audio audiobook
- The Indian in the Cupboard, Return of the Indian, Secret of the Indian and The Mystery of the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
- The Adventures of the Wishing Chair by Enid Blyton
- Treasure Island and Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson - on Blackstone audio audiobook
- The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis - on Focus on the Family / Radio Theatre audiobook
- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - on Bolinda audiobook
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - on AudioGo audiobook
- Mr. Messy, Mr. Snow, Mr. Mean, Mr. Bounce, Mr. Daydream, Mr. Chatterbox, Mr. Bump, Mr. Funny, Mr. Small, Mr. Fussy, Mr. Topsy-Turvy and Mr. Dizzy by Roger Hargreaves - on BBC Vintage Beeb audiobook
- The Twits, Danny the Champion of the World, The B.F.G. and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl - on Puffin audiobook
- Shipwreck, Overdrive, Foul Play, River Rampage, Fossil Fury and Shock Music by H.I. Larry - on Bolinda audiobook
- Noddy Goes to Toyland, Hurrah for Little Noddy, Noddy and His Car, Here Comes Noddy, Well Done, Noddy!, Noddy Goes to School, Noddy at the Seaside, Noddy and the Magic Rubber, Noddy and Tessie Bear and Noddy Gets into Trouble by Enid Blyton
- 2013:
- The really-and-truly-final-book (#12) in the Ranger's Apprentice series, The Royal Ranger by John Flanagan
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling - on audible.com audiobook
- Anna and I read Earth Unaware and Earth Afire by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston together, since Anna loved reading Ender's Game and the Ender's Shadow series earlier this year
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
- Swallows and Amazons, Swallowdale and Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (again)
- Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
- Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
- Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer, read aloud in turns by Anna and Joshua (the fairy tale chapters), Jeff (Oliver's chapters) and me (Delilah's chapters).
- (What we thought was) the last book (number 11) in the Ranger's Apprentice series: The Lost Stories by John Flanagan
- 2012:
- Ranger's Apprentice Books 1-10: The Ruins of Gorlan, The Burning Bridge, The Icebound Land, Oakleaf Bearers, The Sorcerer in the North, The Siege of Macindaw, Erak's Ransom, The Kings of Clonmel, Halt's Peril and The Emperor of Nihon-Ja by John Flanagan
- Horrendo's Curse by Anna Fienberg
- Five Go To Smuggler's Top by Enid Blyton [audiobook CD]
- Danny, the Champion of the World, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Witches and The Twits by Roald Dahl [audiobook CD]
- The Borrowers, The Borrowers Afield, The Borrowers Afloat, The Borrowers Aloft, The Borrowers Avenged, and Poor Stainless by Mary Norton
- The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling [audiobook CD]
- James and the Giant Peach,The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl [audiobook CD]
- Clarice Bean Spells Trouble by Lauren Child [audiobook CD]
- Cry of the Cat by Emily Rhodda [audiobook CD]
- Anne of Avonlea by LM Montgomery [audiobook CD]
- 2011:
- The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King by JRR Tolkein: Yes, even our 4yo listened to The Lord of the Rings!
- Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, Mary Poppins in the Park and Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane by P.L. Travers
- Pannikin and Pinta by Colin Thiele, illus Peter Gouldthorpe
- 2010:
- The Three Muskateers by Alexandre Dumas (abridged by Hinkler Books)
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- Most of The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories by Joan Aiken, before we decided the later stories in the collection were too dark to be suitable for our family.
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Horse and His Boy, The Magician's Nephew, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair and The Last Battle by Clive Staples (CS) Lewis
- The Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum
- Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales illus by Lisbeth Zwerger
- Five Children and It by Edith Nesbitt [audiobook CD]
- 2009
- 2008
... and we'd like to read these
- Boxen: Childhood Chronicles Before Narnia by CS Lewis and WH Lewis
- Bedknob and Broomstick by Mary Norton
- The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green
- Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
- Bambi by Felix Salten
- The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt
- Storm Boy by Colin Thiele
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys by HA Rey
- The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
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