As of lately!

As of lately . . . .

. . . I am very excited that it is October and that the mornings have been cool and lovely.  There is something special about every month of the year, but I really do love the months we're heading into.  They're some of my all time favorite!

. . . Bethany is quite daring when it comes to playground slides.  She wants to go down them all by herself!  We will let her go on small to smallish-medium sized ones alone, but nothing too big.  (Of course, we catch her at the bottom!)  Maybe she will inherit her mommy and daddy's love for roller coasters.

. . . Our household is WELL again.  About a week ago, Bethany was sick, Marcus was sick, and I was also recovering . . . but now we are healthy and it is great!  Health is such a tremendous blessing and gift.

. . . I usually detest television dramas, but Pan Am kind of has me hooked.  Historical fiction is just super fun to me.

. . .We inherited my grandparents' piano.  It is the piano that I grew up with and the piano I used to practice my piano lessons.  I wasn't home when it was delivered and when I walked in and saw it I got teary-eyed.  To have it in my own home is beyond wonderful.  I hope that Bethany will be able to use it to practice her own piano lessons someday.

. . . My classroom is gearing up for their month of Edgar Allan Poe.  They really enjoy Poe even though so many of his stories are, frankly, disturbing!  I really enjoy sharing the literature with my students, though, because the difficulty doesn't scare them at all!  They are eager and excited to work through it and figure it out.

. . . Marcus has agreed to be the Snow Prince for Halloween, but now we have to find a way to economically put together a Snow Prince costume.  Hahaha.  This will be interesting.

. . . We are looking forward to visiting the pumpkin patch later this month!