Normal Routine?

I think we just might be at the tail end of the week in which our "normal routine" emerged...normal for this semester anyway.  


This past weekend, we celebrated Ruth's birthday with a family party and I think I can safely say that I have heard of no illness following this gathering at our house.  Whew.  I was actually a little worried!  Saturday was a big fun day with lots of playing for the children and no nap for the boys.  They did fine, but were ready for sleeping when bedtime finally came.


This week, everyone has been to school everyday and Luke is finished with all of the make-up work he had to do for the 3 days he missed last week.  That took a while.  It isn't that Luke has homework (or much homework anyway), but he was having to make-up all the work they did AT school while he was out.  This was tedious and he didn't care for it too much.  I will report that he seems to have made a huge leap in his reading abilities, so this is a relief.  He (We) had his first Tiger Den meeting on Tuesday and he seems to be excited, so that is good.  To paint a picture - it is a room of 9 six-year-old boys.  You can imagine, I'm sure.


Paul is almost 3 school days into the rainbow unit with his class.  He wore Red on Monday and Orange on Wednesday.  As you might guess, he will wear Yellow tomorrow.  He seems to be enjoying school and we have had a few play dates at the park on Thursdays with some of his classmates.  He is enjoying going to Religious Education on Wednesday evenings...see how he starts everything a year earlier than Luke did?!  That is the way of the younger sibling, I suppose.


Ruth is just keeping busy at home and along for the ride as we cart her brothers to and fro!