Power of a scrub brush

Alternative title: Why I have blisters on my knuckles

Classes

Books from the university library and public library.

I'm taking a children's literature course, which results in multiple trips to the library.

I am also taking a class about how to teach grammar. If you'd like to eavesdrop on a short, inductive grammar lesson, you can find it here: http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/co1qDrfqG6

White

Austin

Baby apples

Pooch on porch

Shortcake

Joel, Kaelyn wanted to save you a piece but we told her it wouldn't last.

Other side of the door

Improving

Watercolor

Green

Artist

Kaelyn and I are planning our art projects together. 

Pink

Littlest one

(soon to be a big sister)

Freckles

Libby's "family"

Libby and I went down to East Lansing on Friday so that Libby could visit the family she stays with during the school year. Libby's been missing them, especially the baby whom she held most of the time we were there. 

Peonies

Picnic

One of my coworkers invited teachers and students to her house on Sanford Lake for an American picnic. 

Garden

Hay crew

Lauren Mae joined the hay crew out in the field last Saturday.

Fresh paint

Fish

I bought a dozen feeder fish from the pet store and threw them in my pond.

Hay day

Yellow roses

(looking from down from my upstairs window)

Homestead

This house has been in our family for about a hundred years. It's where my grandpa grew up and my dad grew up. It's where we went to visit my grandma when I was growing up. Now it's where my aunt and uncle live.

Kitten Gray

Calm

Cookie house

Damp

Motivation

When I have a couple of chapters in a grammar book to read, I find that washing curtains rises to the top of my priority list.