Enjoying Le Merce

Fun on the beach!

Drawing in Pompeii

Even boys in Pompeii had Lego !

Our whistle stop tour of Florence

Unplanned beach stop

Off on a cycle adventure around Barcelona

Drawing together in Rome

A drawing lesson in parc guell

My very handsome men on our vacation

Blogging on the move

Just testing to see if I can blog via email from my new phone. The wonders of the modern age!
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New school year, new job, new toys

Happy September! Autumn has snuck up on us, the mornings are cool and at the moment the days are warm. We had more of a break from school work than I had planned but it refreshed us and now we are back at work. Sam is enjoying Math for a change, he really likes fractions and will willing do a few pages of them in his math book. Think he must get this from matt because fractions were not one of my fav things in elementary school. He is also coming on well with his spelling and handwriting. He may not necessariy know how to spell a word but he can now recognise that it doesn't look right and will then go look it up. We are in the middle of Sonlight 3 and really enjoying the American History. I think the visit to the Franklin Museum made it come alive for him and now he is keen to read all about it. I am certainly learning alot, colonial life, especially political life was much more complex than I had thought. The biography of Franklin that I am reading is really good, there is so much more to the man than the kite and the lighting story you learn about in school.

I now have a new job as well, I am officially matt's secretary, in charge of managing all the paperwork etc. that is generated from his private work. He has only just started so things are very quiet but as he and his surgeon colleague establish themselves it will get busier. As I am not his secretary he had to get me a proper phone so at long last I have my own iphone. It is compeletly addictive and I wonder how I ever got along without it! Sam keeps trying to get me to buy game aps but have so far refused-he has a few games on matt's phone and can play pacman on mine but I am not buying him shot 'em up games. He has enough of those on his ds!

officially a cub scout!

officially a cub scout!
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