Summers are usually very lazy around here.  With no school work and no planned activities, we do a lot of reading, playing video games (a LOT of playing video games) and playing outside.  Come Autumn, things get a lot more structured.  While I and everyone else thoroughly enjoy those lazy days I think we all look forward to the structure of school and planned activities. 

This year has been even more busy than usual, because all the kids have two activities in addition to a more structured school year (due to our having such a relax one last year, what with the pregnancy and baby and all that hospital time).   Sarah is doing Jr. Jazzercise and Drama Kids.  Jr. Jazz is just for the fall though, and she might go again in the spring--we're undecided right now.     The twins are playing Fall Baseball (which is almost over), and they just joined Cub Scouts.  In addition to that, this is their First Communion year.

Our school days are settling into a nice flow--everyone knows what comes next, and so far, besides Sarah complaining that her work is so much harder than last year, everyone is enjoying their work.   I'm coming to realize how much easier my days are when I have a set plan, and when I use a curriculum that I didn't have to make myself.  It's so much less stressful to just open up the book and do the next lesson than it is to have to scour the internet for resources.   Especially when I'm working on just a few broken hours of sleep.

All in all, our Autumn is shaping up nicely. 

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