We'll be starting school Monday.

I've been a little slack this summer with the television viewing, playing with the iTouch, etc...  I made a promise to myself not to be too on top of the kids this summer.  They are getting older and can be more in charge of their time.

One evening I saw them bringing all of the blocks down from the schoolroom.   They proceeded to build castles and other structures for the Barrel of Monkeys.    Don't you just love old fashioned toys?  

Food, wine, laughter, reading, relaxation.

When friends OFFER to keep your kids for your anniversary, take them up on it!  

We spent three days and two nights in the mountains on a lake.   It was heaven.

Sometimes we get caught up in our homeschool world and  forget about our partner in this life and why we love them so much. 

Now that I'm "integrated" back into our normal life,  I'd love to remember this vacation for a long time.