A collection of our ordinary days, recorded every week. At the end of the year, I’ll publish them into a keepsake to treasure.
Around here, I have been:
watching the big kids play chess all day, everyday. They are obsessed.
preparing for our family pictures this weekend. My friend Lucy is taking them for us and I’ve been scrambling trying to find coordinating clothes for all of us to wear. Can’t wait to finally have a picture of all seven of us together!
reading All the Light We Cannot See.
changing up our Halloween costume choices last minute. We originally went the DIY ninja route, which ended up looking a little too similar to a certain terror group, so we scrapped those plans and started over. The boys are now going as Zorro, Deathstroke, and Wolverine. Mark surprised Sophia with a Cinderella dress (her very first!) and I wish I had taken a picture of the look on her face. It was as if her Daddy had purchased for her the most expensive, exquisite ballgown she’d ever seen.
“picking” (quite anticlimactically) pumpkins from a bin at Target. Our schedule has been so crazy, we never made it to the farm and with time not on our side, we opted for convenience. We were at Target to look for pieces for their costumes, so why not hit two birds with one stone? The kids didn’t seem to mind a bit and I loved the price – if you wait last minute, you get a nice-sized one for three bucks!
finding a stuffed monkey all around the house. We recently watched Night at the Museum for movie night and Dexter the monkey was a huge hit. Now we’ve got him at home too!
loving the joy on TJ’s face when he sees his sister. Sophia always greets him with a hug and says he is her best friend. I can’t wait to watch their relationship grow.
homeschool notes:
+ I’m changing things up again in an attempt to make our mornings more peaceful. We started “Morning Basket” time on Wednesday and so far, so good.
+ In history, we learned about the monks who wrote beautiful, ornate books by hand. We watched a youtube video and then tried our hand at detailed illustrations too.
