We are in our third week of school and everything is swinging along – keeping a very steady pace. I often feel like I’m running a marathon every morning, trying to get to each student’s work and keep the younger kids happy. It’s a lot.

This year I’m doing an Music/Art/History Day for the elementary & preschool students. I did this with the older kids a few years ago, and I decided this year was a good time to start with the younger kids. Maria absolutely loves it and is a pretty good student with the others. She especially loves music class. After our second music class, Ezra asked disappointedly, “When are we going to have music class?” When I asked him what he thought music class was, he replied, “Playing trumpets.” I’m planning on teaching the kids how to play the recorder (but I don’t have the recorders yet) – I guess Ezra is anxiously waiting for real music class to begin.

Our first History Day Class included cooking and eating like Roman soldiers. Unfortunately the meat and veggies got overcooked in the fire, but I think everyone had fun. Last week both Becca and Micah were sick. We suspect they both had dengue fever. Becca managed ok; Micah was very weepy and took extra TLC every afternoon. Thankfully by Saturday they were both on the upswing. So far everyone else has remained healthy.