2. The three of us also enjoyed spending time with my dad during our time in Lynchburg. We had dinner with him twice, played games together at his house, saw Anastasia together at LU (a musical none of us had seen before), and attended church with him.
3. The boys had a fabulous time at my sister's home in Maryland while we were in Virginia, and the Seiberts did a great job taking care of Milo in our absence.
4. Our co-op resumed on September 24. The first picture in this post is of the colored pencil project that the kids worked on. We have eleven kids in our co-op. I just snapped a picture of half of their projects. Paul is doing two chemistry experiments per week with the co-op, and I am leading book discussion groups, debates, art, and some geography lessons. My kids are very grateful that their friends come over once a week! We do our work from 9-12, have lunch together, and then some (or all) of the kids stay for another 90 minutes of playing games. The first game we played today was Guesstures (similar to charades). The 5 girls beat the 5 boys with a score of 75 to 52. After that three girls played Suspend and Rack-o while seven kids played hide and seek in the dark in our basement. Milo loves having more kids here. He's a big fan of co-op!
5. Our town had their annual community yard sales this past weekend. Some years we haven't been around, and other years I've spent many hours scouring these yard sales. This year Nadia, Oliver, and I did a little bit of yard sale shopping on Saturday. I got some clothes for the kids, hiking boots for Nadia, and six puzzles for Nadia.
6. The kids have signed up for their auditions for the Wizard of Oz on October 12. I'm thankful they can participate in this school musical! The rehearsals are starting much earlier this year (October 21 compared to January 18 last year). Thankfully, we have far fewer schedule conflicts this year.
7. Yesterday was Milo's fourth birthday! We love him so much and hope he has many more years of life with our family. Nadia baked him a cake using a recipe intended for dogs.
8. I've enjoyed Nicholas Sparks' books for years, but this week I listened to his newest one (Counting Miracles), and I loved it.
9. This summer I purchased the geometry course by Teaching Textbooks for Ian, but then in September we switched to the textbook by Art of Problem Solving. I asked TT if there was any way we could have a refund as he had only done 10 lessons, and we've been costumers for seven years. Although it was outside the normal refund window, they made an exception and gave me a store credit that I can use next summer when I purchase Oliver's next math course. It was nice not to waste the money spent in light of switching from one curriculum to another.
10. This past weekend I watched the movie Sweetwater which was about one of the very first African Americans to join the NBA. It was informative and entertaining to watch. I tend to enjoy movies based on true stories.
11. I’m having a lot of fun researching ideas for our trip to Hawaii next August!
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