Mother-Daughter Day

Nails, honey face wash, oatmeal mask, witch hazel toner, coconut oil moisturizer, all topped off with some carrot-orange-cinnamon juice and a teary viewing of Dolphin Tale.  "Naw-ice."

Ah, the freedom!

Punky Brewster, Jr.

Family Fun

Their first high-school football game.

With the main attraction! 

Mr. Belgium and the Italian pigs... Who knew that rural Wisco was so international?!

Miss Belgium never looked so great!

H., A. and I... beautifying ourselves, Nippon-style.

My babies!

My deal has been that as soon as she could comb her hair out herself, that I'd let her wear it loose and free.  Yeh... that was a mistake.  Post-Afro, it was still torture for both of us.

"This is the outfit you need to ride a motorcycle!"

You know, just doing chores: rubber boots, his home-made bow (in case of a rabid squirrel attack), and well... posing with a bike tire is just cool.

Life around here

We have begun Term 1 of Mansoul Academy.  The kids are happy, I am happy... a nice sigh.  It's Grades 2 and 3 this year; and with each advancement, I am so much more interested.  I am so glad to be able to learn with my kids.

G's solo work

Our table work

Cursive!

Notice the insertion of the cursive a.  I'm not sure if it's a good idea or not.

And although I'm not done outdoors in the yarden, our time there is now curtailed to a bit in the afternoon.

Goodbye, dear Summer.

The Revolving Door, it is!

Where have we been?  Settling in with A., our French student for the year.  It's been quite natural and very pleasant, thank God.  She is a blessing to us, for sure.

And then arrived A, one of the Colombians that will be here for a semester.

This weekend?  Shoo!  Colombian L. should arrive, unless the hurricane impedes her travel.  Then Mr. and Miss Belgium arrive to visit for a week (Wahoo!), followed by Miss H., from Japan, who will be with us for a month.

It's all very fun, my kids love our new interesting friends and... well... all of the action has decided on the name for our house, even though it sounds like an English pub.