Thanksgiving is one short week away and fall is definitely on my mind. Or rather, I should say, the fact that fall is just about over and winter is coming in with it's annoying rain and cold is on my mind. You would think here in PA we would have the whole snow thing down, but winter in Pittsburgh is really about rain...cold, bone-chilling rain that seeps into your skin and drips down to your soul. Dramatic, but true :) I cling to my warm sweater/robe and my cup of tea in hopes that the wind howling outside will stay outside instead of venturing in through poorly insulated windows.
All is well on the home front. School is winding to a screeching halt for Chas and in six short months school will be over and we'll be thrust back into the real world of jobs and work. Interesting change, and I know he's ready to give it a go. Graduate school has been an undoubtedly positive experience, but at 30, it's an experience he's ready to end. His graduation dinner is Saturday night and school ends in three weeks. Break will definitely be a welcome change.
School for Aidyn, is, well, school. I think that some days I feel like Wonder Woman and that he's learned tremendous things that other children are missing out on. Other days I feel like I'm not getting through to him and we're missing the point altogether. I definitely feel like we're not working enough. I'm not exactly sure how much we should be working, but this doesn't seem adequate. But then I look at other homeschoolers and realize they are doing alot less. Seeming nothing, if you consider unschooling. Maybe I'm being critical of myself, or of others. But I feel like we need to get a little more involved with school and more intent in our work.
Caroline is well :) That is a statement I thrill to say, especially after our scare with her and the blood work. She's growing and changing and learning so much, so fast, that I can hardly wrap my head around her some days. She is my great little investigator.
