Finch looks mighty handsome in his new hat, but I'll have to take care not to overdo the blue or he'll hate it when he is older. The older children have rediscovered their knitting (Robin) and weaving (Wren) after a summer-long of neglect and their projects are coming along nicely. We've been diligent these past few days with schoolwork, but have little to show for it as we don't do a lot of written work. Wren is eating up her math book, and I'm having a ball helping her with the Maths Olympiad. Robin has vindicated my assurances to relatives (and quieted my private fears) regarding his reading -- he knows all the short vowel sounds and several consonants, and can read three letter words. I'll be breaking out the Bob Books soon, and he is very excited. He is, like his sister, adept at math, so I'm hoping he'll overcome his shyness and join the math club next semester. Both children are studying (after a fashion -- we're all of us rather desultory and undisciplined) Latin, biology, and American history, and Wren is working through English from the Roots Up. Mostly, we are reading, crafting, cooking, and walking because that is what we do in the Autumn!

dinner tonight: shrimp scampi with tomato rice pilaf, toasted butter cupcakes