Looking Up

Apparently my last post was a little drab. :-) I got a few emails from people who commented on how discouraged I sounded. But I'm okay with that. Don't want to paint a rosy picture if things aren't rosy! I guess I was a little overwhelmed with life at the moment.

I'm learning to let "school" go. Don't worry, I'm not totally letting it go. But I know there are a lot of ways my kids can be learning, other than sitting at the table doing bookwork. I feel like that's how I can teach best, since then I can be sure I'm not missing important things. But I'm trying to stick to the important stuff that I won't think to teach otherwise, like Math and Handwriting.
We try and read some science stuff in the afternoon when the littles are napping, and of course there's always a good dose of home-ec. thrown in. :-) (Today I plan to teach them to properly scrub floors. Hey, I take teachable moments when I see them.)

I would appreciate prayers sent up on Emilie's behalf. We've noticed that she develops asthma when she gets a cough. (For some reason I didn't think my kids would get asthma...don't ask me why.) This morning her chest was so tight and fast I could hear her exhale without even straining my ear. Anyway, I think she may be a little better today than she was yesterday, but I'd love not to have to give her the inhalers.

I am working on grinding flour today, so for those of you who had been asking about it, I'll keep you posted. The last time I made bread with the hard wheat it was pretty heavy. So I have some experimenting to do. I made whole-grain soda farls the other night and they rocked.
I'm going to try cookies with the soft wheat and see how that goes.

Anyway, it's "quiet time" right now, and quiet it is not. Better check on thing downstairs...