Well, THAT week flew by

It is amazing, how fast our weeks can go, when every day seems like forever. Time doesn't change, but our perception does, as we grow older.
My own life seems like the blink of an eye. I remember being a small child. My earliest memory is sitting in a car seat, with the window down and my hair blowing. Another child, not related, sat next to me. My mother, before I was 2, used to drive a car pool for a nearby nursery school. It is a snippet, but so vivid.
I wonder what my children will remember, when they are grown. Will they remember the time they spilled nail polish, and got in trouble? When their mother lost her cool? Maybe the year the hurricane came, and we had to sleep in the basement. Perhaps instead they will  remember the countless nature walks we took, drives to nowhere, and dancing in the rain? The day kittens were born in our basement, or when their sibling learned to roll over, and we all cheered.
Whatever their memories, good, bad or ugly, I hope the smell of broth cooking on the back burner brings them back, to a moment that passed, at least for them, a lot more slowly. When being a child, and playing, was their job.

New Beginnings

The new school year is upon us. My nineteenth year of homeschooling. It feels like the first one, again, on this day. The pile of books is both exciting and a little scary. My students stagger from their beds, wrapped in blankets, muttering about the indignity of it all.
My littles are already outside, on the playground, because when you are 7, or 3, or 2, life is fun, 98% of the time.
This year is unique because I have no middle school students. I have a 9th, 5th and 1st grader. I have a pre-k and toddler that like to do things too.
My highschool student, Malea, is in two co-ops. Her schooling will be planned by others this year. She is taking:
Biology with a lab
Writing
Poetry
Government/U.S. History
Teaching Textbooks Algebra
Apologetics and Current Events from a Catholic Perspective
Nature study


My fifth grader, Mary Catherine, has:

Catholic School House for:
History
Religion
Science
Art
Grammar
Composer Studies
Artist studies

Teaching Textbooks 5

The Care and Keeping of You for Health


My first grader, Elina, has:

Catholic School House for:
History
Religion
Science
Art
Grammar
Composer Studies
Artist Studies

Life of Fred for Math


Andrew, almost 4 and Lauren, just 2, have:

Catholic Icing at co-op
Signing Time at co-op

26 Letters to Heaven
Catholic Mosaic

Rotating daily totes with books, felt games, peg dolls, cutting activities, etc.

Lots of books and a huge playground



Mom has:

A grateful heart
A willing Spirit
A more humble self than before

God, please bless this school year! We will be busy, and some of the things we need to learn are difficult. Give us hearts for service, to help others without expecting anything in return. Help us to persevere, and give all glory where it belongs, to Christ alone. Let others see only Christ in us. Amen