One of the Wright Children read a book written in English for personal enjoyment. Over twelve years of raising children, and this is the first time. Woohoo!   comments

Juss and I went camping with the Cub Scouts this weekend. It was a truly delightful event with much joy and Scout cheer, but two things in particular amused me.  I have heard from Juss’s teachers that he has trouble deciding what to write. I find this odd, as he’s clearly a good storyteller, but…

So…Mom stays up until 2:30 in the morning trying to finish a short story. She stumbles off to bed in hopes of sleeping until 10. At some point that feels like 5am but is probably more like 9, there is a knocking at the bedroom door. Mom: “This has better be a life or death…

The boys were planning yet another Harry Potter roleplaying game (I think there are six running now. They liked making up characters more than they like playing them.) In this one, everyone will be playing a Weasley.  The subject arrose of what Juss was going to call his character. Daddy:  “You always name your characters…

Back To School Week has finally ended. Now, I realize the rest of you only face Back-To-School Night, or maybe two.  This year, I had to attend four at four different schools. Luckily, for the first time, none of them were on the same night. But this meant four nights almost in a row of…

Wright’s Writing Corner coming soon. Meanwhile: Juss: “Whose this Luna character? Why is she inportant enough to be in Harry Potter Clue? She’s not even in Griffindor!” Mom: “Luna’s a lot of fun.” Juss: “Why?” Mom: “She’s loopy” Juss: “Does Ron like her?” Mom, baffled: “Ron…not particularly.” Juss, who just heard the end of Harry…

At the pool the other day, a child asked me if the Cherubim talked with sign language. I explained, not really. He then asked why he couldn’t talk. Justinian, who was present turned around and answered: “That’s my brother. He’s dumb…as in mute.” I was amused that he knew the distinction between the two meanings of…

So, this week I’m sleeping in. (Next week, we start gearing up for school.) I come downstairs after sleeping late and spending some time praying. The only person in the living room is the rabbit, who is running around on its own.  Ping-Ping’s on the porch talking to China (one of her friends is being adopted this week, everyone’s…