Sunday August 23 I played Scrabble with Mom and a simultaneous game of War with Sophie. A rather perfect combination since I find War deadly dull and Scrabble has longish bits of waiting. Monday August 24 Sophie and Bella did math and copywork...
Finally getting around to posting my reading notes from July. Now that August is almost over. 1. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright A story of four siblings, two brothers and two sisters, who live in New York at the beginning of the Second World...
Sunday August 16 We had a painting afternoon. First, while Lucy was napping, I rolled out a big sheet of paper and the kids and I painted all together, each taking a little section of the paper, but also each encroaching on everyone else’s...
Monday August 10 Back from two weeks of vacation and getting into the swing of things. I was hopeful that today would go well because after a week at the lake, Bella got up on Saturday and declared that she felt like doing math and then actually...
“. . . for always night and day I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore. . .” It’s been a long time since I had a proper vacation. The kind where you go somewhere and just relax with no agenda, no sights to see, no one to visit or...
