I've got to crow just a little because I have a feeling that my taut ship will sink  later on in the school year. I'm going to enjoy this smooth start while I can.  This is an odd time for us to start back to school. We never start this early, but with baby number three on the way, I'll have to have some time off later in the schoolyear. No doubt our schedule will change drastically then!

By the way, I don't put my children's real names or pics on the web---they go by codenames on this blog, related to the Andy Griffith Show. Kid 1 is Earnest T. Bass, kid 2  is Thelma Lou. I'm torn between Charlene Darling or Josephine Pike for baby #3.

School is going very well. We're getting done earlier than we ever have, accomplishing more than we have before, and have free time in the afternoons. WHOO-HOO!  Here it is 12 noon and the kids are through with Bible, reading, science, grammar, spelling, handwriting, math, and our Contenders for the Faith/Keepers At Home lessons. We're done with laundry, lunch, and getting ready to run some errands in town.

We've also canned peaches, shucked/frozen corn, and gotten the house in a little better order. Not perfect, but better.

Pinch me, is this MY life? The perpetual running-behinder?  I need to remember this incredible start by commemorating it on the blog.  One day soon when I'm up at 2 in the morning with Charlene/Josephine, I'm going to remember with fondness that once, once upon a time things went like clockwork.