Spring Break

We’ve been on spring break this week, and using the time to do some much-needed spring cleaning.  We’ve noticed a couple things while doing this.  1) The more you clean, the more you notice that needs cleaning.  After having cleaned for several days, my list of what needs to be cleaned/organized is now longer than [...]

Sound Effects

Isaiah had his sixth birthday a few days ago.  One of his gifts was a popgun, and another one was a book called The Rattletrap Car, which has frequent repetitions of the word “pop”.  You can see where this is going, right?  That’s right, he’s been reading the book, popgun in hand, and adding the [...]

Mystery Solved

I mentioned in an earlier post that when I don’t do school with the boys somehow I don’t have two extra hours in the morning, even though I spend about two hours working with them.  I think I’ve solved the mystery there.  I paid close attention today to just what was happening through the morning, [...]

Still in the Running

I’ve completed the third week of my “couch to 5k” program, and so far have been able to keep up with it.  Assuming I don’t get off track, this puts me a third of the way through it now, since the full program is nine weeks long.  However, next week gets significantly harder, so I [...]

Two Months Old

Faustina’s biggest change from last month is that she is much more interactive now.  She loves being talked to, and will readily smile and coo at anyone who gives her attention, even down to the other little ones, like Regina and Teresa.  She has also much improved in her ability to take in what is [...]