September 2019

The Kite

We started our first week of school and it has gone very well – we do tend to start off slowly. The kids have really started to love history lately and we have really enjoyed learning and doing projects together.

This week Bethany decided she wanted to build another dollhouse – she had been looking though our blog and saw all the pictures of the one she made years ago out of cardboard. It is fun looking back and remembering. Even I like to do that, sometimes. Anyway, she didn’t have enough cardboard yesterday so being Bethany and wanting to do some project she decided to make a kite. She took some of the material she had bought to make doll clothes and dresses for the kids and cut it for a kite. She then took our s’mores sticks and used them and it turned out pretty nice. I think she has the most fun just making things – not playing with them. The fun is in the project for her.

She took it out to fly and there was not much of a breeze, but it did fly fairly well. Maybe when we actually get some wind it will really fly high. All the kids enjoyed watching and running with her. After a short time of flying she came in to make one for Tess so that is in the works now.

Our Trip

We had a wonderful trip to Tennessee and we managed to do most of the things I really wanted to do with the girls. I had very low expectations for the trip and had decided from the beginning that we would not try to do too much. We would just take it slow and enjoy ourselves. That is what we did and it was so nice. I was impressed how much and how long Sarah was able to walk. She is not usually very active. I have to remind her that she needs to do a little exercise most days. But, she was a trooper on this trip and kept us with us no matter how much we walked.

We went by my grandmother’s old house. I spent just about every summer of my life there visiting her and my aunts, uncles and cousins. I have very fond memories of us walking to get ice cream and stopping to talk to neighbors on our way back home. So many good memories to share with my children and now they have a picture of what her house looks like and how steep the hill up to her house actually is since now they have walked it. It makes what I tell them more real.

Now we are ready to get into school and pray this will be a great year. Last year went very well and the kids actually enjoyed most of their studies. Hope this year can go as well.