There’s nothing better than a soft, clean-smelling baby straight from the tub.

His soft, blonde hair smelling of citrus and berries.

The chill on his skin makes him curl up in your arms.

And there’s nothing like a picture to show you that your little baby is most certainly not a baby any longer.

I love you Owen.

~audrey

That is the title of the quaint little book store inside the new Goodwill by our house. It’s not necessarily the biggest Goodwill I’ve ever seen, but they have a great book/media section and a sweet little cafe where they serve treats from Very Vera, a Southern Living featured caterer/business owner from right here in Augusta. I look forward to having lunch there sometime soon.

Their children’s section is not enormous, but all children’s books are either $0.99 or $1.99 depending on the size. Here is today’s booty:

I had homeschooling in mind and what we’ll be learning about this year in co-op, so I jumped at these Kingfisher science books.

and this book on Great Inventions

I was thrilled to find some of our favorite oldies but goodies from the Little House series and the Boxcar Kids

as well as a few great picture books

This one made me smile, so I bought it with the hopes of reading it to Owen in the coming months. (not pregnant yet)

Who would’ve ever thought cheap children’s books could make me so blissfully happy? :)

~audrey

~audrey

I can’t believe it’s been thirteen days since my last post! Between sticking with a schedule for our homeschooling, preparing for three foster children to stay with us for eight days, and today being our first day of co-op, we haven’t had a spare moment.

School is still going wonderfully. I have a feeling that Joshua and Jesse will be on the same level in just about every subject by the end of this year; it’s incredible how fast they pick things up when they’re doing it together (like math and spelling for example).

As soon as I peel myself off of this chair, I have to finish cleaning the house and putting sheets on the spare beds in preparation for the three foster kids that will be staying with us for the next eight days. Boy 5, Girl 4, and Boy 2. I’m looking forward to it and I’ll keep you posted on the craziness that will surely come.

Today was our first day of co-op. I used Classical Conversations curriculum with Joshua last year, but this is our first year participating in the co-op held at a local church. It is three or four hours a week on Tuesdays and it allows the children to get in a classroom setting with a “tutor” (teacher) and learn their new memory work for the week. Every week they have memory work for history, science, grammar, Latin, math, geography, Bible, and Timeline (historical timeline). They also get to practice drawing their maps (this year their focus is on Europe), participate in science experiments, and learn about art. It was absolutely wonderful. I will be singing about European waters and chanting the timeline for the next week for sure.

Happy Tuesday!

~audrey