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To everyone’s astonishment, team Uno won the league championship today! To no one’s astonishment, AC came home requiring medical attention.

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It’s been pretty much forever since Sam took a nap in the afternoon. This one snuck up on the poor feverish girl.

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Our last family football session of the season.

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One of the fun things about homeschooling Sam is that I learn all sorts of interesting things along with her. Today’s tidbit: the anglerfish. You know it’s the deep sea fish that uses its own lamplight on a rod to attract smaller fish to its gaping maw, right? Well apparently only the females have the special luminous …

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It was just supposed to be a stroll in the woods. I’m still sick (I think I’m battling a sinus infection) but it was another gorgeous fall day and I figured some fresh air would do me good. RIght behind our house is a lovely paved trail that follows the western side of the Rivanna river. We’ve often seen people walking …

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I’ve been sick for the past few days but today the gorgeous weather and my cabin fever propelled me out of doors. We unpacked our letter-boxing kit from California days and went in search of three letter-boxes along the nearby Saunders-Monticello Trail. It had been a good two years since we’d done any letter-boxing at …

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