Teresa helps Mama with Supper

Teresa has been learning young to be a helper….

Summer Class Begins

Today was J’s first day of teaching a summer grad class on the Synoptic Gospels. As is typical of summer classes, it will be short (three weeks) but intense.
This would make a logical point for us to begin some homeschooling, and I had originally intended to do that. Instead I have discovered that [...]

The washer and dryer have finally arrived!

I never thought I would be so glad to be able to do laundry, but after waiting almost two weeks, there was practically a mountain waiting, despite our giving in and doing four loads at the laundromat.
The kids found the front-loading machine fascinating to watch in action.

Laundry Notes

Well, I’ve been conducting an informal study over the last week or so, and have figured out that laundry will still dry on the line even when it is so humid outside that it might as well be a sauna (90 degrees and 75% humidity).  I haven’t even noticed it taking any longer than usual, [...]

Laundry Routine

The seasonal shift has led to a new laundry routine around here.  It goes roughly as follows:
7:00-7:30 Kids collect and bring to the laundry room all the dirty laundry.
7:30-9:30 I wash (or to be precise:  my washing machine washes) one or two loads of laundry.
9:30 or so  We hang laundry outside.
1:30-2:30  Somewhere in there I [...]

Children and chores

The kids and I put up a new clothesline a few days ago.  We put this one lower down than the one already up, so that it would be more child friendly.  Since, after all, the bulk of the laundry is kids clothes, I figured that dealing with laundry really should be delegated to the [...]