Getting back into a routine

     With Christmas quickly approaching, it has been hard for us to focus on school- both the kids and I.  But we've making the best of it.  This paper Ev did cracked me up:

Atleast she said I cook very  good!  Tomorrow is the last day of our month long Christmas study.  The weather has also been gorgeous so it's hard to get everyone to focus when all they want to do is play outside.  Yesterday after school, they were playing in the woods.  They found an old car bumper and drug it into the yard.  Jake said if they could find all the parts, we'd have another car.  Ha!  There are also many neighborhood pets, many which like to come up on our deck and look in our windows and say, "Hi" to us.

Isn't he the cutest, little, ugly dog you've ever seen?  The kids thought he was so smart because he would sit when they told him too.  He was very friendly and liked to give kisses.  They were voting on names- Simon or Sparky, but I don't think they ever decided.  That's ok because we can't have dogs here anyway.  We did see him in yard again today with another dog, so they were happy he made a friend.

     Last night we skyped with my parents.  The kids really enjoy being able to talk to and SEE them.  It was lots of fun chatting, except the part where Claire blurted out to my mom what her Christmas gift was.    Oh well!  

     Well, hope ya'll have a very Merry Christmas!  My next blog post probably won't be til after the New Year since we're getting ready for a trip back up to Ohio and when we come back to Georgia we'll be having houseguests for a few days.  May God bless you all richly!