Small things

To start, the Boy broke his arm this week.  We are definitely praying and hoping that it heals without complications.  He was a trooper through the whole ordeal, in fact, the combination of his personal brands of stoicism and humor kept the ER doctor and nurses laughing.  The kid really is one of the brightest lights in our life.  He's managing to handle the discomforts and inconveniences with great aplomb.

Other small things today:  The kids' history all line up this year.  I've often had the girls in the same history but last year they worked at their own paces and got off track.  This year, the girls will return to Medieval and progress through the Renaissance.  The boy will continue on from the ancient times to the Medieval and then continue on to the Renaissance too.  We'll be steeping in these time periods for about a full year.  I'm excited.  I really liked the curriculum that we used with the girls when they were around second grade, so I look forward to using it again with the boy.  I have to piecemeal quite a bit for the girls school this year.  The days of buying a large order of curriculum and working through it are gone for now.  I regret my previous dependence on workbooks.  It seemed like such a little thing to be able to replace consumables before.  I'm a little worried about replacing some of the vitals like Math for the boy, but I guess we'll figure something out... we usually do.

So as much of my life seems to be lately, there are still good things amidst the bad.