A New Year

A new year means a fresh start.  After a wonderful summer break we all crawled back to school with our tails between our legs.  Even usual excitement of a new and different curriculum did not excite us to get back into the school routine.  But one has to do what one has to do.  So to school we go.  Lucky for us it is in the room next to the kitchen!!
This year I started with the two boys.  And yes, it has gone pretty much how I expected.  Broc is loving the work while Cam is not interested at all.  This has made me decide to put Cam on hold and just carry on with Broc, was hoping for a simpler life and being able to do the two boys together, but then that would have been way to boring and unchallenged.  Cam however does join in with a few things and loves making a mess.
The girls are back in the horrid school routine and doing well.  Lots and lots of hard work is required once in high school, Tyla however seems to disagree and is finding creative ways to get out of this mountain of work, as of this point non of her tactics have worked and has only created more work for her.  Alas, she is a slow learner.
The hot summer days are rolling to an end and we are taking as much advantage of it as we can.  Each trip to the beach has a story of its own.  Cairn having his back put out by a wave that slammed him into the beach, me learning to walk on water when a crab attached itself to my foot and of course the trickiest of the lot, loading the jet ski onto the back of the pickup because the wheel bearing on the trailer broke.  And then we had to get the thing off!!!  And summer has had it's trips to the ER too, with stitches and dislocated elbows.
All in a day and a life of this family!!