A Fly On My Homeschool Wall

We got the tree up . . . barely . . . and not without emotional mishaps . . .but we did it! I've been slowing sinking into a depression. I don't know why or how. I've been doing all of the things to overcome it. But it came, and it made everything so hard. I'm not sure why it's better today. I'm just thankful it's better today. (Though I am looking for reasons so that I can do my best to prevent being taken over like this again.) We've been doing what school we can. We've been doing what Christmas we can. And I'm doing my level best to accept that I've been doing my level best . . . even though it all looks like such a frail and puny effort to my tired mind. Ladybug has begun helping take care of Lola's hair! Morning Meeting We're still doing those 5 days a week.  We're right on track in The Jesus Storybook Bible , and we will finish Saints vol 1 right at the end of the year.  We've had a good run studying The Doctrine and Co...

 We had our annual lighting ceremony on Monday night. And by sewing madly in the late afternoon, I managed to finish 24 gift bags (20 of them were made in previous years) for our Christmas book advent. We've been faithfully opening one a day, and I love, love, love how the kids still gather around and get excited over seeing what book is in what bag and then settle happily down near the fire for read aloud time. This week we opened Dasher, Santa's Twin, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and The Night Tree.   We're just reading The Best Christmas Pageant Ever a chapter at a time, so it's fun to double up and read a picture book and a chapter book. We're also trucking along rather well with regular school. We did add The Jesus Storybook Bible to our Morning Meeting. We read The Big Wave , and we're almost through with The Master Puppeteer . The Big Wave is the single best book about grieving I...