Nothing Much

 Not much excitement around here these days as we dove into our school year slightly unprepared and are still floundering a little. But some good things for the year's start:

The girls are taking a professional drawing course this year. And the results are quite impressive!

Another winner course is Chemistry in the Kitchen which I'd been holding on to until just the right year. The readings are interesting and relatable, and the labs consist of baking and cooking. So far we've had fresh bread, homemade marshmallows, eggs benedict, and cheese!

Fine arts certainly have the bulk of our time currently, as writing is a big piece as well. Grace is enjoying the challenges of very narrowly set writing exercises by a Coursera writing diploma course, and is also trying her hand at sonnet writing after studying some of Shakespeare's:

Eternal Choices

Shaking pressure tearing me apart

Separate worlds warring for my soul

Torn between two choices for me heart

Broken spirit longing to be whole

Promises of life and endless glory

Suffering and shame I'd have to bear

Both are present, both sides of the story

Promise these to me, with more to share

Which one should I choose, if what I take

Will seal my fate forever, good or bad?

Tell me, what eternal choices should I make

That when I end my life, I should be glad?

Choose that which will give you life forever

Choose to bow to Jesus, ceasing never

Aiden is enjoying our delve into Narnia, often begging to continue reading, and is improving in writing enough I can set work and expect it done and be readable by me.

So, even though school is spiling into the afternoon now that we have high school courses happening, and our schedules have yet to even out into a smooth rhythm, we're happy with what we've got going.