November:
It was a beautiful month with beautiful weather. We announced the pregnancy to the kids and family. We had a quiet Thanksgiving at home. We watched the Macy’s Parade, played in the backyard, and a had a nice grain free dinner complete with two pies. I was surprised to find so many delicious, grain free recipes out there!
We bought a fake Christmas tree and put it up as soon as it came in, and made salt dough ornaments for it. We were so ready for Christmas this year, and decided to start decorating as soon as possible.
I realized another change that needed to be made for school were break weeks. I was hoping we could focus on our lessons for a good 11 weeks and then take the following week off after exams. However, we lost steam before then. We’ll be going back to the Sabbath school schedule of 6 weeks on 1 week off so there will be less burnout for us.
I’ve really been getting into holistic medicine and have stocked our medicine cabinet with essential oils, whole food vitamins, and various herbal tinctures. I’m trying to bump up our immune systems, hoping this will be a good first line of defense, before we try other medicines.