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Aaron has officially started his second year of seminary! To commemorate, I thought I'd paste the answers to some questions we were both recently asked. A way to get an idea of both sides of our life right now. My answers: How did you spend your summer?  We had the best summer! Aaron took Hebrew in June and July, and I had my first summer as a stay at home mom. We went to the beach, pool, the library, visited Chicago and came to Alexandria twice!!  What are you most looking forward to (in your 2nd year at Seminary)?  The “cloud” over the 2nd year is getting ready for our vicarage. We’ll meet with the placement director in October and will find out the location in April! So there will be lots of hypothetical conversations, wishlists and prayers leading up to that!  Otherwise, I’m excited that we’ll be just minutes away from our church and school. I hope to get our whole family to matins more weekdays than not and Canon will begin a first communion class this ...

Today is the first day of school for Canon! Again, he'll be at Redeemer Classical School. The school is just in its 3rd year and the size has doubled from last year to this. He is considered Form B, but we still say 2nd grade. He came downstairs this morning at 6:50am, already dressed in his uniform, a first for him! He waited very patiently for the next hour until it was time to get with his friends and walk together. We are lucky to live next door to 3 of his classmates and another that they pick up on the way. The year began with matins for the students and their families, as well as an installation for the teachers. Aaron will continue to teach science once a week. He starts his Seminary classes on Monday the 9th. Ben is "officially" starting school home. Not wanting to be left out of the anticipation of school, I offered to start doing some purposeful activities with him this year. We picked up a Pre-K book from Costco and have some letter and number flashc...