Our school year is progressing nicely.   After so many years of doing this we have developed a nice rhythm that works for us.  We keep a schedule but are casual at the same time meaning that we have goals, but I realize that life happens and it is OK to set some things aside to go with that flow.

Aubry generally sews after she finishes her work.  The cat is her constant irritation---oops!, I mean companion.

Maddie likes to hang out with Josiah at math time.  She spends most of her time trying to persuade him to go outside and run around, but has to content herself with sitting at his side while he works.

Yesterday we made homemade pretzels that were so good!  The four of us went through 16 of them before the end of the day (the kids ate way more than I did, by the way!).  I even scored some mommy-points by opening a can of nacho cheese sauce for dipping, something I hardly ever do!  I am one of those irritating gotta-keep-my-kiddos-healthy types who shuns cheese sauce most of the time.  Who knew that cheese from a can could be so good?

The recipe for the pretzels is here.  The kids can get involved in this one with all the twisting that is needed.  You just have to get past some of the crazy non-pretzel looking shapes the kids like to come up with.  I did manage to get a few traditional ones out of them before they went freeform:

Have a great day!