What a beautiful day!  It was 56 degrees this morning, and simply gorgeous.  I just love when I can turn off the A/C and open the windows.  Autumn is my season of beginnings.  I know most people think of Spring when they think of beginnings, but for me, it’s autumn.  It begins a new school year, a new calendar year is on its way.  The trees shed this year’s foliage and fruits in preparation for a new year.  The air cools and the days get shorter.  It’s a wonderful time for family…caramel apples…county fairs..football games…picking pecans off the ground.  It seems like fall is coming a little sooner this year too.  Oftentimes, it’s still near 100 degrees in September.  But this year, September has been mild.  Even August had good rainfall here in Arkansas.  Hopefully, this is a sign of a real winter for us. 

In school, we’re completing our study of the Vikings today.  I’m actually gonna miss ‘ol Eric and Leif.  I think the girls enjoyed it too.  It was interesting to them to discover that the Vikings explored North America several hundreds years before Columbus.  Tomorrow, we begin our study of Columbus.

Sarah’s spelling unit this week covers countries in Asia.  These words seem less intimidating than last week’s eastern Europe list.  I just love the way she’s learning the foreign countries, and it’s falling right in line with our missions study at church this fall.  I’m enjoying it too.  For some reason, I don’t remember studying international geography in school.  Could it be that we didn’t?  I only recall 7^th grade geography where we studied the U.S. in detail – memorizing the capitals and learning the location of each state. 

Math is a sore topic for me right now.  I’m not sure what to do with Rachel at this point.  I’m thinking I’ll work the rest of this week with her on percents, then we’ll move on next week.  Maybe if I leave it for a little while, it’ll click the next time we look at it.  She’s known to have mental block when she’s afraid of something. 

Well, I hope you all are having a great Thursday!  ~Karen

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I feel the same way about Fall. New beginings. Baking, crafts, fairs. Just love this time of the year. It's good getting to know ya.
~Pam

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