"He drew a circle that shut me out- 

Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. 

But love and I had the wit to win: 

We drew a circle and took him In ! 

From the poem " Outwitted" 

— Edwin Markham

We love because the He first loved us. 

Out of the the abundance of His love for me

I choose to love and to forgive.

  We are really excited to be starting our new school year August 30th. It's been such fun getting packages in the mail every few days as our books have begun trickling  in. We are still  

waiting on our big boxes from Sonlight. I've learned not to order those too early. My kids simply can't resist digging into them as soon as they get here. 

My Eager Students

Well, except for these two. I think they are just looking forward to all the mischief they

can get into while mommy is "otherwise occupied".