Bailey Family

Gideon says that all the time - "Mommy to do it", but honestly, that is the theme of our life right now. From haircuts and piano lessons to book reading and science lessons, everyone wants Mommy to do it. If only there were 3 of me sometimes! Especially with Rob in grad school and working full time. We are almost at the end of the first quarter (for public school; Carolyn already finished quarter 1). We are managing. We have bit off more than we can chew this year, and as much as I tried to arrange the calendar to make it all go smoothly, we've already needed to adjust some things. Carolyn signed up for ballroom dance (Monday evening class), but dropped that after the 6 week session ended. She still has USC string project (for orchestra/private lesson violin), and then she has church youth activities, so she had something every evening Monday through Thursday. The last few years she's only had church. The violin lesson/orchestra class is stuck until December, but ...

This summer has been a summer of getting things done, and the one I've worked on most is trying to rearrange and declutter the house. Here's our new "office" - which used to be the storeroom (2nd pantry). It's tiny, but the computer is no longer cluttering up the den corner. Seth has been working on his art skills. He's been doing a drawing class we got online from udemy. He'll do more drawing and painting classes this year. He wanted animation, but that wasn't available through any school option. (We have one of those from udemy also  that he can do on his own.)  These 2 just want to play. Finished library levels for coupons. Gideon was easy - I read about 15 minutes before nap and another 15 minutes at bedtime daily. (Alee had a little more trouble getting her minutes in since I left most of her reading to her to complete - audiobooks count - but she is not a big reader. She finally finished last week.)  Seth got braces. Becau...