Celebrating ten years together (from courtship) at our favorite bed and breakfast in Cape Cod. Notice that we're wearing our two favorite colors. :-)

A happy day in Gloucester

So I thought I'd throw y'all a bone the other day with that video of Jack. But now I actually have a couple of minutes to write a quick update!

Our lives are busier and fuller than ever. Homeschooling is going pretty well. Actually, I think teaching a third grader would be a cinch if that's all I had to concentrate on each morning. But added into the mix is a needy 23-month-old with a short attention span and a four- and five-year-old who alternate between loving school and wanting nothing to do with it. It's not a big deal if Tucker doesn't want to do school; I don't push him. But when he wants to, he wants me to drop everything and give him my undivided attention, which is usually right in the middle of explaining a complicated math problem to Jed. And Chloe too often throws little diva fits when I say we're going to do schoolwork. But she's learning her letters and numbers one way or another, so all is not lost.

This summer I took on two more publishers. It has made me happy to see my business finally taking off. At any given time I have two or three projects going, but their deadlines are such that I can stagger them, and I have babysitters two afternoons a week to not only give me time for editing but also a chance to preserve the sanity I'm hanging onto by my fingertips. :-)