Jeff is finally walking! And giving up crawling. He just started several weeks ago, and has taken off. He looks so much taller standing up.
Emily is reading. She got through the whole "Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons" book, and we try to practice some reading at least a few days a week.
Katherine is kindergarten age. We are homeschooling (at least, trying to!). We have the help of our "Enrichment" classes, which is a sort of homeschool co-op with people from our church. Enrichment meets one morning a week, and Katherine gets to have a literature/history/crafts class, along with a science class. I get to teach her science (and thereby avoid paying for her classes!). So Grandma takes the younger two kids while I teach 9 kindergartners about the Human Body (and get groceries if there is time before class).
We usually get some math and some reading done 3-4 days a week with both girls. History right now consists of Katherine's literature class (which focuses on the colonial period in America) and our reading of the Little House on the Prairie books, which she loves.
I'm starting to learn that the key to my life, my attitude, my joy, my "success" in a day - is Jesus. That I need to be "looking to Jesus" in everything... would that I did it all the time!
And I am starting to learn that life does not have to be perfect
David's job is up in the air, since his current boss can't keep him past the end of the year. We are praying that one of the other departments in his company can take him on instead.
We had a lovely week at the beach in October. The Lord gave us some nice weather, and time with friends and family.
ferry ride on the way to the beach
petting area at NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher
big tortoises at "Alligator Adventure" in Myrtle Beach
alligator sculpture - fun to play on
as always, pictures on the dock near our favorite seafood restaurant in Calabash, NC ("Dockside")
feeding seagulls
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