Horatio's Ride

Long Time Gone

The 10 day countdown to Christmas is on. This past Sunday we went out for our tree.


It's still my favorite spot & the snow started coming down thickly right on cue.


The tree is now all decorated & looks wonderful.

Things have been hectic as ever. We survived a weeks-long oil tank debacle and now we're back in action & all filled up.
School keeps us busy as can be. Odessa is into the Swiss Family Robinson right now. Max is flying through his math work. Horatio loves to color & is getting good at saying letters with me. Oh, and he's very proud of his bathroom skills!
Maybe I'll get my act together & do a retrospective of pictures from the last 6 months.

Hitting the books

The kids have been gung-ho to start doing experiments with Dessa's physics kit and being (another) rainy day with some long attention spans we jumped in.
I thought we had some summer vacation left (40 days to be exact) but I push the writing & math practice & they push the science.

Thanks again to Grandma & Grandpa for the excellent gift!

While the big kids were building fairy houses in the woods Race & I did some more slug photography.

Seven

The time has gone by so fast. I thank you for all the joy you've brought to my world. I love you!

Happy Birthday!

The Sky

A friend used to ask me "What color is the sky in your world?"


Lately, around here, it's been about this color. Some sunshine would do us all good.

Summer like a freight train

The school year has been done for a couple of weeks now. Dessa had her first portfolio evaluation on June 2nd . It felt like another big milestone to me. We've all learned so much this year. I get pretty emotional when I dwell on how lucky we are to be able to do this together. Should I admit they asked if we could do some history this morning? We did.


We've been busy in the yard, had a field trip to America's Stonehenge, a cookout with friends at the dam, plus just trying to keep up with the house & these guys.




The bloom is starting to roll in.

Birthday Week!

Happy 1st & 5th
to my boys.