This is just a little random fun we’ve had lately:
(Yes, she’s sleeping with half her body IN her pillowcase.) 
(Sister dress-up love.)
(Peekaboo. From a friend’s phone. Hehe.)
(Super baby helping with homeschool, naturally.)
Music to My Ears
It’s one of my favorite sounds in the world. Coming over the baby monitor. Against the distant bellow of a train whistle announcing it’s passing through a sleepy town.
In the quiet. The melody rises of a Daddy singing to his baby.
He jokes that his voice would never hold applause.
But her trusting calm is one of the greatest applauses he could ever esteem to hold.
He has gently bounced each of them to sleep.
Singing praise songs quietly over their heavy eyes.
They don’t remember. They think it’s just for the newest baby.
But I love that they’ll think it’s normal.
The gentle bouncing.
The snuggling in close.
The melody being knit into their dreams.
His love is so amazing to witness.
His love is one of my favorite sounds in the world.
Ahoy!
Yesterday we took a fun field trip to life sized models of the Nina and the Pinta. With the lessons on Columbus fresh on our minds, it was so neat to watch our studies come to life.
We brought a dear friend, Heather, and her precious son with us on this adventure.
The girls enjoyed exploring every inch of the ships.
And we also enjoyed a picnic lunch and some playtime at a local park to conclude our field trip.
Everyone had a wonderful time!
Roadside
I’m thankful for a sweet friend to chat with when this happens on the way back from a fun homeschool adventure:
And I’m incredibly blessed by my precious husband who came to our “two hour waiting with five small children in the van on the side of the highway during nap time” rescue with a frosty per person. He. Is. My. HERO!
And I am beyond thankful for God’s provision in keeping us safe during a challenging but not unmanageable detour.
– He is and will always be more than enough!
Happy Ninja Night to You
A walk downtown for pizza and ice cream at two local little shops. Then home for the finale of American Ninja Warrior. 
They won’t make it up until the end of the show, but it’s a perk of homeschool to enjoy staying up a little late for some fun.
At Her Finest
This kid has a heart of gold to sit and snuggle her teething mess of a baby sister while doing her 30 minutes of daily independent reading.
She has such a beautiful heart.
– That’s a homeschooling perk, friends.
– Sisterhood at its finest.