A Fly On My Homeschool Wall

  This is one of my favorite photos from the Chicago trip.  It suits her so perfectly! Sir Walter Scott and Nature Angel headed out on her 1-year-late-but-better-than-never 16th birthday celebration.  Her older sisters all had really fun parties to celebrate their 16th birthdays, but Nature Angel is her own person, and she didn't want a party. So she got a trip! (Eventually) After much discussion, we decided that a father-daughter trip would work out best for everyone concerned, and the plans were laid . . . and finally executed! They managed to schedule this awesome experience right at sunset! Waiting for the boat tour of Chicago architecture Walking along Lake Michigan This is one of Sir Walter Scott's favorite pics.  He told me he liked how her hair would blow in the wind from the train arriving. 🥰 There was construction around The Bean, but they got as close as they could. Waiting for their turn at 360° Chicago.   No pics were allowed from the actual t...

 I took pictures this week, but not of my kids. They're all pictures of American Rhythm costumes because we had our costume return session, and as I put them away, I took photos, so that we can catalog them in a more organized spreadsheet than we currently have. I'm also making cross-referenced spreadsheets, so that we can look up what we have by costume/accessory name or by bin number. It is strangely satisfying. The kids were invited to be stage hands for a play their friends are in (we cannot afford the co-op the friends are in, or we'd join them).  5 of my 6 younger kids volunteered immediately; Baymax abstained, saying, "I prefer to watch the shows." I was worried that he'd feel left out while all of his siblings were involved, so I encouraged him to go to the first rehearsal and see if he liked it. He didn't. For exactly the reason he expressed beforehand. I am humbled by his 9-year-old sense of self. (But I'm still glad he went and knows for sur...