{ Football Season Begins }

Football season has begun. My son's team played their first game today. The team started with their warmup drills. My son was a defensive end. He's figuring out how to get away from his blocker to go after the ball. I am so proud of him. I was also proud of the way the coaches conducted themselves. The opposing team's coaches were a little too competitive which translated into screaming at their players and the referees and crazy threats. I would say that good sportsmanship is the way to go! My son's team won 41-34, hurray!!!

{ Girls Weekend Away - a Reunion }

Wow, I got to see three of my high school friends this weekend after way too many years. I felt the entire array of emotions as we sat and talked about our families and major events in our lives. It was so wonderful to be able to see all of these wonderful people again. We may have grown up, but we still have much in common. What a great weekend it was.

{ First Day of School }

The kids finally started school today. The summer was either too short or too long, I'm still trying to decide. On the one hand, it really was the shortest yet, only two months. On the other hand, we didn't go anywhere or vacation at all. There were many days when the kids were just saying, please, let's go somewhere. But, we've finally arrived at the new school year, and so I walked the kids to school and dropped them off for fourth and second grades. My daughter is in the 4th/5th grade combo class. I'm super excited about that, I think it will be a great year for her. My son is in a regular 2nd grade class. I don't know the teacher, yet, but looking around this morning and recognizing many of the kids there, I'm realizing that it will be a very good class, too. I'm hoping the best for him!

I spent a part of the summer researching other schools and homeschooling. I'm really enjoying "The Well Trained Mind" by Susan Wise Bauer. I've started with her world history curriculum with the kids and they're really enjoying learning about ancient Greece. I'm hoping to continue with that this year and also have my husband work with them every week in spanish. I'd really love to throw in some latin, too. We shall see! I'm all for a classical education, especially the more I read about it.

But for now, here's to a great year for both of the kids.