This month we’ve finally gotten into a routine with regards to doing a little schoolwork each day, unless the Sillies get the better of us, which they are wont to do now and then. Jack is working through Handwriting Without Tears, and it’s been excellent so far.  I’ve noticed him reading Bob books during rest time just for fun, so am hoping...

Finally! We were able to take some of the gates down in our house this month! While David still gets into things, he’s lost the urge to destroy everything in his path and pull everything off of shelves and out of cabinets. We love being able to walk around the house without running into gates and David & Jack love to run around from living room, through...

Mom, Laura, Emily and Benjamin visited with us last week. This is a picture of the only quiet moment that occurred during the visit: No one is arguing. No one is screaming. Everyone is playing quietly…. We had a great visit with them. Two older kids argued about everything that could be argued about, but that is only to be expected from bossy firstborn...

The big event this month for Jack was the death of his kitty, Astro. Jack is almost always the first one up in the house. We allow him to be out of bed if it’s after 6am, to play computer games, or whatever, as long as he doesn’t disturb anyone. He sometimes forgets the bit about not disturbing anyone and will come into our bedroom to tell me something,...