We actually started September 8, when these were taken. Anna was running errands with Dad so school would start ‘on the right foot’,so she missed picture day, but she’ll get her turn soon enough. By traditional measurements James is in First grade this year and Joel is starting Kindergarten (James Read more…
Yesterday I found James (Gr. 1, age 6) reading to himself 'The Bookof Virtues' (short classic stories intended to read aloud tochildren… the book is 2″ thick!) He devours books. He hasn't quiteresorted to reading the dictionary (go Aidan!), but he likes hisChildren's Encyclopedia… hm What to do with him?
Last week we sent off (in Anna’s words) Brooke, baby Chad, Brooke’s Mommy and Brooke’s Daddy for their furlough in the US. She will really miss her little friend. Anna really has no concept of saying goodbye for months on end, and continues to ask when we can play with Read more…
[After malaria and the flu, we are finally on our feet again getting ready for school (we’ll start Labor Day Lordwilling) and easing back into the ‘everyday’ things, like this blog entry that I drafted 2 weeks ago…] Sometimes I hate ‘inside jokes’ don’t you? They seemed designed to leave Read more…
NOTE: Before sharing my experience with these parasites, I must first confess that I did not take my prophylactic (preventative) meds very faithfully, having never had a problem we were a bit over-confident; given that, only one out of five of us getting sick is pretty good considering the stress Read more…