taking a little break from schooling. ack! how on earth do you keep three boys on track??? need help! if anyone has any bright ideas, i'm all ears. i hate the constant threatening that i've had to resort to.

Margaret just left for work. i'm hoping to get the boys school work done before she gets back so i can focus on her.

speaking on school, i'm not doing so well in the science department. William and John had to start some seeds as part of their lesson on germination. that was nearly two weeks ago and still no side of any seedlings. according to our book, they should've come up many days ago. might have to resort to using Miracle Gro.

the nerd in me is captivated with this history book i found while thrifting a few weeks ago. it covers the period after the civil war to the present. so interesting!



i'm sure this week will fly by, what with us doing school four days and then preparing for our trip which starts friday. we'll be at Ft. Morgan, Alabama all next week with Brian's parents and his sister and her husband. what a great way to end the summer!

i pulled up my garden the other day. most of it wasn't worth trying to salvage, but i did save my tomatoes. i put them in the front yard where they wouldn't be subjected to such intense cooking from the sun. i put the biggest three by the a/c run-off pipe so they'd get a constant trickle of water. the other two are in the flower bed. i also put my basil and parsley up front. i'm going to try to get the garden all fertilized and ready just in case i decide to do a fall garden. as it looks, i am pretty doubtful that we'll get enough rain for one.

well, gotta get back to my boys.

here are a few more pics that Brian took from this past weekend.

patrick and samuel showing off patrick's big catch

william

patrick

tommy, william, and thomas fishing with uncle thomas

samuel posing in front of the place we stayed in rockport