Winter Days

Our winter days here in Alaska are getting pretty short.

We have long dark mornings and early afternoon sunsets.

Some times it's hard to get going in the mornings if we don't have any place we have to be and I find myself moving pretty slow sometimes.

But that's one reason we love homeschooling. We may have slower mornings but we still get everything done each day.

It's also one reason we like to put up our Christmas tree early.

It's so nice to have the glow of the lights to brighten these dark winter days. 

You may notice Elijah's shorter cast in the photos below. He had a doctors appointment last week where they took the first cast off and took xrays of his wrist and arm. The doctor wanted to leave the pin in his wrist for a couple more weeks so they put another cast on. Elijah picked a black cast this time. At Elijah's next appointment he'll be put under and they will removed both the pin in his wrist and the rod in his arm at the same time. That's set for the week after Thanksgiving. 

This past Saturday we put up our tree and baked gingerbread men.