Lately...

Read Alouds:

The Wind in the Willows

The Princess and the Goblin (audio)

The Chronicles of Narnia (audio)

Sarah Reading:

How Green Was My Valley

The Flounder (I've given up...)

Ella:

repainted her dollhouse

lots of drawing

getting ready for Feis (10/8)

Passed off Book Three and will give a recital 10/6

Asher:

getting better at reading

looking like Harry Potter (he has a slash on his forehead---from playing sticks with a friend)

got past O Come Little Children in cello and is happily learning new material

is a rockstar at gymnastics!

Ethan:

Legos, legos, legos (Asher and Ella, too)

Loves www.starfall.com

Looks forward to getting a snack from the vending machine each week at gymnastics

is getting really good at writing---learning his lower case alphabet at the moment

We're also:

Looking forward to going to Green River to buy pumpkins 

Possibly going to (gasp!) buy cell phones! big shocker!

Hoping that we'll be able to ski this winter

Enjoying Fall weather, hikes, walks, and bike rides

Looking forward to the grand opening of our city's new library!

Excited because after years of wanting to we actually DID buy 1/4 grassfed beef---just got it!

Enjoying Jonathan apples from the farmers' market

Applying to do a study abroad in the next year or two---possibly Vienna or Siena, Italy--cross your fingers!

Enjoyed snuggling on the couch all weekend for our church's general conference

Enjoying and canning homemade salsa

Getting ready to start a study of the American Revolution