School, Life, & Fall??

Wow, we went from three straight days of 100 degrees or just below to mid 60's! I am enjoying the change but it's so funny to see people all around in their winter jackets when it's 65 outside. My kids were the odd ones at church tonight in their shorts and flip flops. Oh well, you know we like to be different!

We are on our 7th week of school and my brain and body are screaming for a break but we are pressing on for at least another week so that we can take off a week when we move.  Oh to move! I believe God has provided this move at such a perfect time. We have enjoyed our little home and have mostly been quite content until the allergy issues got to the point we have lost the use of our basement. That means our happy little family has enjoyed the closeness of 1000 square feet 7 days a week nearly 24 hours a day most days! =) With cold weather approaching, I will be so thankful to have some extra space inside for the kids to move around and play or to get away from each other a little when needed. The kids have done well with it but I know they are getting to be of ages that could use time to themselves every now and then...and well, that's just not been possible in our current house...even for mom and dad. I have attempted packing but every time I have packed up things, I've had to unpack for kitchen items or to find a certain book for Troy so I'm just going to wait at this point. Many of our things have remained in boxes since we've been here because we didn't have room to unpack everything so I am now grateful for less to have to pack.

As I mentioned, we are on our 7th week of school with a first grader, third grader, and the big middle school guy in 6th. The kids have already done a lot of work this year and things are going well. We are so excited to have the big middle school guy attending a cottage school!! He will attend four classes (classical studies, latin, math, and English) one day a week where he will be instucted by some incredible teachers of a prominent classical school here. This is specifically for homeschoolers. He will have the opporutnity to meet other boys his age who are homeschooled AND get some awesome teaching! I am excited to get him started and figure out how we are going to go about it all. I am looking forward to the extra "motivation" our extremely intellegient guy will have through this.

I don't have many pictures right now but I'll be sure to share some after we move. The kids are all planning how they want to decorate their rooms...it should be interesting!