Semiserious Chefs

Six year old Nathan has had it in mind to become a firefighter for several years now, so I am going to run with it! As an Alaskan homeschooling family we have the ability to create our own learning plans and this year I decided to incorporate his dreams into his learning. I felt that […]

After Mr. Nathan was issued the rest of his gear he quickly got to work training and learning. There are a lot of parts to becoming a firefighter/EMT and Fireman Duley as been working very hard. He has gotten better at donning and doffing his gear quickly, and how to use webbing to rescue a […]

After working rather quickly through the last two units (1 – Bones and Fractures and 2 – Muscles and Sprains), in about 1 month each, this 3rd unit really stepped up the game for exciting and varied learning. It can really be broken down even farther into 4 separate sections; Wounds such as lacerations and […]

While on vacation to Nice, CA we took the opportunity to stop in at a few fire stations for Mr. Nathan to look around. Firemen Derek and Randy were very kind to spend a lot of time with us at North Shore FPD’s Station 85. He checked out several different vehicles and even got to […]

While on vacation to Nice, we visited other towns around Clear Lake, and stopped into Lakeport’s Firestation 50. Fireman Lund was very kind to show Mr. Nathan all around. He opened all kinds of compartments, asked a ton of questions, and got into every vehicle. One particularly special thing about this fire station is their […]

It’s our last day in California and we road trip from Nice through Napa to San Fransisco. I was very excited to find the charcuterie I’d been planning to visit, and we saw the aftermath of this summer’s fires all around us. Perhaps the best part of our whole trip though, we got to meet […]

This day was really chill. We took Nathan fishing in Lakeport and back at the resort in Nice. ‘Fishing.’ Not so much ‘catching.’ We see the great egrets again and some odd looking mallards, and have a great experience at Nice’s North Shore Fire Station, before settling in for a grilled shrimp for dinner. Beautiful […]

The third day of our vacation, we learn more about the history of the Clear Lake Resort in Nice, explore the western shore of Clear Lake, visit the Lakeport fire station, and go swimming in California in December. (Nathan is slowly learning to swim.) I try my hand at some unique French cooking, (Frog Legs!), […]

We had a four day weekend for Thanksgiving, and I man not going to lie, IT WAS GREAT! Just having a ton of time to kill and chill-out was really nice. We also took advantage of the extra time and drew secret ingredients for Dueling Duleys! This time Nathan will be competing with me, and […]

This is a short video sharing the design Nathan worked on for a combination fire truck and ambulance vehicle. I’d love to make it as a play piece in our side yard, but it might be more of a project than I can take-on in our space and weather. It’s only 10 degrees F right […]