Happenings

I just realized it's been almost two weeks since my last post (oops!).  Can I claim the excuse that we took a bit of a break?  People have asked why we're choosing to do an nontraditional year, well here's a prime example.  We want to be able to live a flexible family life.  Last week we spent over in Ohio with David on a "workation."  David went to work at a customer site and the rest of us enjoyed the benefits of free hotel and per diem. Mommy gets a break and we get to see Daddy a bit more.  How better could it get?!

We still had learning activities, but didn't take any textbooks.  This normally TV-free family spent a bit of time each day watching the Olympics on a 32-inch screen.  Katie absolutely loved the swimming and diving. Ethan wasn't quite as interested in the whole thing, but he enjoyed it, probably more than he cared to admit.  Since coming back home I've caught them pretending to run races and dive and then give each other "medals" (a golden chain that came from I-don't-know-where) for finishing the race.

We also got our fair share of swim time in.  During the last 5 minutes of our last pool time Katie decided she was ready to purposely put her face under the water.  Major milestone!  So we dunked and dunked and dunked until we couldn't dunk any more.

Oh, and I guess I should mention that Ethan is reading an analog clock!  The evening before we left David decided to work with him a little bit.  He showed him the basics, and he caught on very quickly.  Why am I surprised?  We've been doing little bits each day, and he's to the point of needing very few reminders and can read to the minute.  That means in another week or so he gets his first watch - something he's been looking forward to for quite some time.

Unfortunately I have no pictures of our adventures.  I'm tired of posting semi-blurry photos.  Hopefully that will all change soon, as David's camera shopping.  Then maybe you'll get inundated as I have fun learning new technology!