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Back to school week! DS1 started Grade 9, DS2 started Grade 7, DD started Grade 4, and DS3 started Grade 2. I was probably more nervous than they were, especially for the start of high school! DS1 did amazing navigating his very large school of over 1,000 students. DS2 started in the French immersion program and is happy for the extra stimulation.
We're reading through the Bible in our morning devotionals and have just finished Leviticus. Exodus and Leviticus have some challenging content so I borrowed The Eerdmans Companion to the Bible from the public library. It's broken down by each book in the Bible and included an explanation of one or two chapters and their theme. My kids are ages 14, 11, 8, and 7 and they are all able to understand this book. I read it before we read the chapter that morning and it gives us context.
This week included a visit to my mom where I was able to view a portion of the 500 photos she took on her trip to India in July. Having been there with DH in 2003, I was able to exchange some stories with her about our experiences. We also looked through older (ok, much older) pictures from my baby years and she lamented that there was only one newborn picture of me. "Back in the nineteens," as my kids call them, we had to buy film and hope for the best when we paid to develop them into print format.
I read seven (wow!) gardening books this year but the two easiest gardening things that happened were surprise tomatoes that no one planted, and these potatoes that we did plant.Two of my favourite gardening books this year were (affiliate links):
Beginner's Garden: A Practical Guide to Growing Vegetables & Fruit Without Getting Your Hands Too Dirty
by Alex Mitchell
Extraordinary Ornamental Edibles: 100 Perennials, Trees, Shrubs and Vines for Canadian Gardens
by Mike Lascelle
This week also included an annual physical for DD, a dentist appointment for DS3, and a union Labour-Management meeting.
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