Since Ezra’s birthday, we’ve been chugging along with life and a few guests thrown into the mix. Last week the Williams spent one night with us. We enjoyed our time with them. They brought a strategy game (Wingspan) for the kids to play and left it, so they could continue playing it. Om Puimeng happened to be in country and stopped by to say hi for a little while; it’s been a few years since we saw her.

This is corn season and several of our friends have been giving us corn. It’s a bit tougher than American sweetcorn, but the kids really like it. We’ve continued our Music/Art/History Day on Friday. We recently made a meal of bread and lentil soup so we could eat like European monks.

The boys love helping to count the offering after church.

Maria continues to be a happy little girl. Until just last week there were only a small selection of books she would listen to, including There’s a Nightmare in my Closet. I think we were reading Amelia Bedelia and the Baby several times a day. Last week I convinced her to listen to a Frog & Toad book and some Frances books – and she now loves those characters and is enjoying different books.