Summing it up

Summer is but half over in a technical sense, though since we start school again tomorrow, it feels like it's over for us. I don't recall any other summer in which I was not looking forward to beginning a new school year. Usually I'm excited to get back to a more structured day around here. But I feel like summer break has hardly begun...and now it's over. To be accurate, we've taken a shorter break this year due to our travels in May, and I feel like putting off school for a few more weeks because it just can't possibly be August yet, right?

Alas, it is. So we will begin studies once again.

We did our school supplies shopping last week during the tax-free holiday here in Virginia. And there are a few more school books coming in the mail this week, but I guess we are pretty much ready to go.

I think my reticence is mainly regarding scheduling. With more children of school age, I'm trying to figure out how to divide my time amongst them...and remain sane. Oh, and that's to say nothing of the littlest pipsqueak who has just entered the Terrible Twos in a big way. You can pray for me. For all of us!

I've been contemplating the idea of teaching from rest much of this summer break. And yet my soul does not feel restful as we begin this new year. More prayer is needed; of that I am sure. And then I just need to dive in.

So here we go!

All stocked up

The crazy two year old