So my laptop is dead, which means that I'm now sharing our main computer with the four other computer-using people in this house. Someone commented a few posts back that they had some yarn they were willing to send me, and I just want you to know that I *am* interested, but it's been a bit crazy around here, so I'll email you as soon as I get my head back on straight (and have the time to go through my overstuffed inbox). Also, I've lost a lot of pictures/writing/homeschool records that I hadn't backed up over the last couple of months, but I'm trying not to think about that right now. So, on to happy thoughts...

We started back up with our Waldorf-inspired homeschooling schedule this week and it's going very nicely. I'm back to work at Lilac Children's Garden and my class was absolutely wonderful today. At home, Eldest is doing a lesson block on Native Americans/housing and we're currently working with Iroquois stories. She's really into this lesson block, and has been writing more and more in her main lesson book. I'll try to get some pictures up soon because I'm really impressed with her progress.

Middle Boy is still doing fairy tales, and recently we've told The Emperor's New Clothes, and a few Irish fairy tales. He also just got his pentatonic recorder today at LCG, so we're going to start working with that in the coming weeks. Both Eldest and Middle Boy have been very interested in singing more in our circle, which makes me wish I were more musically inclined. But I try to muddle through anyway, and we've had a lot of fun attempting to sing in rounds.

Middle Girl's been working on a main lesson book of her own spontaneously, and she's occasionally asking me to tell her stories so she can illustrate them there. Her ugly duckling was very sweet.

Newly Youngest is a very, very sweet baby. He has his fussy periods, but mostly he's happy to eat, sleep, and look around. He adores the Moby wrap, which is what made it possible for me to get back to teaching so quickly. This is the first baby I've used one for and I'm so appreciating it for a newborn. Which reminds me, Newly Youngest was one month old on Sunday. I can't believe an entire month has passed so quickly. I feel like I was just savoring the last few days of pregnancy, but here we are in the throes of our old routine all over again.

And on that note, the baby's ready to nurse back to sleep, and I think I'm ready to rest my eyes for the night.