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The ACT test (yes, the SAT parallel, and the cause of much anxiety among highschoolers) has apparently notified colleges that scores will come in a bit late this year, given recent changes to how they score the writing section of … Continue reading →

On Saturday we took off for a family hike near Danville.  It was coooold to start, but turned out to be a delightful hike in gorgeous woods, leaves crunching under feet, clear signs for paths, some uphill and downhill to … Continue reading →

I was reading an article about childhood development, and it was capped with an image of marshmallows, a reference to the famous marshmallow experiment that tested kids’ ability to forgo short-term gratification (a marshmallow) for a bigger long-term reward (two … Continue reading →

Although a recent dry spell has turned much of Kentucky brown, we are still enjoying benefits from the garden.  What with garden, kids, and students, I think our days consist largely of “growing stuff.”  The kids’ recent eating frenzy has … Continue reading →

K: “The most important thing is to love God and to love others.” N bursts in excitedly: “And to eat!” Thank you, Nathaniel, for adding to the Commandments . . . Erin

I honestly hardly know the boy in the picture, and this was only two months ago.  When I pick Nathaniel up now, his feet dangle down near my knees and his arms almost fully reach around me.  There is something … Continue reading →

We’re all settling into a bit of a routine.  Both kids seem tuckered out from school, so we’re still adjusting bedtimes so that they don’t squabble their way through the evenings.  But Katherine very happily hops on the bus each … Continue reading →

Sydney got back last week and since then it’s been a flurry of meetings, orientation exercises, and both old and new students popping up all over.  We start classes on Monday.  The kids, though, started this week, with Nathaniel scootering … Continue reading →

We will pick Sydney up in Cincinnati tomorrow, after the kids and I check out a kids’ museum and, I’m sure, encounter other adventures.  Katherine, with newly cut hair and a new gap-toothed smile, helped me make scones for the … Continue reading →

Last year, if I had taken the kids on an outing without snacks, shortly before lunch, the back seat of our car would have been a war zone.  Today, though, after stopping at the library, when both kids were getting … Continue reading →