1. Posted by Margaret in Minnesota [website] on Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 9:14 PM (EST):
Well, as long as Daniel wasn’t off following some bear you were probably fine. 
Blueberry Days
savoring the last sights and tastes of summer.
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 7:48 PM
“I am thinking of a story right now,” Gabby said to me as we picked blueberries beneath a bright and endless sky yesterday morning.
As August days do here in New Hampshire, the day had started out cold. But now the growing strength of the nearly midday sun warmed our shoulders and coaxed us out of layers.
“What story?” I asked as I unzipped the baby’s sweatshirt and parked him in front of a loaded berry bush.
“A little story I like to read about Sal
I’m thinking of stories these days, too. My stories are a happy mix of sunshine and sweetness, berries and blessings.
My stories are a happy look back at the summer we’ve had and a bittersweet step forward, toward stricter schedules and different days.
Ready or not, here we come.
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2. Posted by Michelle on Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 9:17 PM (EST):
So, are you the “ready” or the “not”? We started school two weeks ago (homeschool) and I was ready from the organized day perspective, but I’m still not ready for the continual added responsibility of being a teacher! 
“Heaven, not Harvard. . .I’m doing this for my children’s salvation” (what I keep having to repeat to myself) 
3. Posted by Arwen [website] on Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 10:03 PM (EST):
Blueberries for Sal and One Morning in Maine are two of my favorite books of all time. I’m so glad Gabby likes Sal too!
4. Posted by Theresia on Thursday, Aug 28, 2008 6:44 AM (EST):
Michelle,
I’m with you. We started hsing almost two weeks ago too, in schedule with the public school system. But I certainly wasn’t - still am not - ready. I still have kids saying, ‘have you found that Grey Baltimore Catechism yet’? What did you want me to do for spelling?, etc. And my school room has too many remnants of last year and a summer full of ‘just put it in the school room’. But this going from SUMMER to homeschooling, back to part time work in the school system as an OT, a newly enrolled 5yo in a special ed preschool, a 17yo newly enrolled in a full time post secondary program at the local college, and a 16yo working at the local golf course, I’m a bit FRAZZLED and wondering HOW is this really going to work again?! But for now we have beautiful weather with longer sunny days still, lots of play and laughter outdoors and LOTS of produce still from the garden, so we actually still have some summer on top of all of the rest!!
5. Posted by Mary W on Thursday, Aug 28, 2008 9:29 AM (EST):
Danielle,
Can you share with us what your home schooling schedule looks like? Even though I don’t plan on home schooling my daughters, I am wanting to follow some type of schedule for when they are young and to have a normal routine for them. I plan on devoting at least 2 hours a day with teaching the catechism and doing preschool type of activities (learning the alphabet, numbers, reading, etc). Thanks!
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