Next Week

September roses from my garden.

"Indiana Jones" getting a drink from the kitchen sink.

Our first day back to lessons required abandoning all plans to follow my littlest's interest, which currently is bears. He woke up that morning crying that he hates "school" and "why can't it still be summer?" So, I gathered all of the field guides and books on the topic I could find and we sat on the couch and read about black bears, brown bears, polar bears, Asiatic honey bears, spectacled bears, panda bears. He colored a bear picture. We did some letter and number work. Then we made slime in the kitchen, which was a big hit. Somehow, despite an unhappy start, we managed to get all of our lesson work done. However, that evening the stomach virus hit: first Amy, then Emmeline and me the next night. Two full days of it in the midst of a late summer heatwave with temps over 90°. That put an end to our lessons and our first week back to "school".

We're all feeling a lot better today, but taking it easy. Tomorrow, we plan to drive up to the beach with the dogs. It's supposed to be cooler by then. It will be fun to climb on the rocks, explore the tide pools, and hunt for shells and beach glass. I love the sparkling sand, the grassy dunes, the roar and crash of the waves and the endless blue.

We'll have another go at lessons again next week. ♥