Quick update

School started yesterday. I wasn't really looking forward to it--I was enjoying my lazy summer days too much. Having to set an alarm clock and wake three kids to get them in the car to take Benjamin to school everyday isn't really how I'd like to start my mornings. But it has to be done! And at the end of the day, Benjamin said the three recesses he gets makes getting up worth it.

The rest of us have been busy--busy chasing Isaac! This kid is a maniac! There is no way to Isaac proof my house. We have to empty every drawer, and get rid of our chairs. He moves the kitchen chairs and stools around to get on the counter, to open cupboards, to use the water dispenser on the fridge. He climbs the bunkbed ladder, he pulls everything out of any drawer he can get to. I feel like I'm doing damage control all day! Good thing he's so cute!

Madeleine is at home with me this year, and we're doing the usual stuff, drawing, reading, dressing up and painting. And of course dancing and singing on the fireplace stage!

Also, we've been doing some building lately--well, not us technically, but on our house! We decided we needed a touch more space, and since we had a perfect little deck with a roof already built into our house, all we needed was a floor and some walls to make it a great office. So work has been moving much slower than I would like, but the end is in sight!