The beginning of fall.

We woke up the other day to find that it was chilly outside... I guess fall has found us. 

I love fall. I think I love it more than spring. Winter, on the other hand - not a big fan - but I don't let that take the fun out of fall. I love the open windows and the long-sleeves + shorts or tanks + jeans. I love eating fall-ish food, like stew. I love going outside and knowing that it will be gorgeous in every way and that I won't sweat. 

And what I love most of all? Sleeping under three blankets while cold air comes in my open window. That is what I love the best. (Possibly more than anything else, at all, ever.)

Excessive dressing of the babies is fun at first too. We didn't have any warm clothes for Lucy to wear, since the chill came out of nowhere, so we dressed her in Henry's old sweater, a hat I made her earlier this year (from Christina's scrap yarns) and a pair of socks I had tried knitting myself, but were much too small. :)

And on to today's pictures... I cut Quinn's hair right before everyone came for Dad's birthday tonight. It was so amazingly gorgeous out in the yard, so we trimmed in the grass. :)

Photo by Quinn, while I was snapping with Sara's camera!

Photo by Quinn!

I am tempted to put up a large picture of Erin's face, but I think she would cease talking to me. ;) Tonight was lovely! Now for studying tomorrow... Biology test on Tuesday morning at the crack of dawn (literally), and our first geology test on Wednesday. It's going to be some science-y studying tomorrow. Also, I handed in my first English paper Thursday... We'll see how that turns out!

September always inspires me (and October; they are glorious months), so with a little determination, you will be seeing more posts from me in the near future. :)

Au revoir! 

- caroline

happy birthday/harry potter

Mom's birthday breakfast scones! Which we ate the last of today... :) Mom's birthday consisted of scones for breakfast, lunch on the porch, playing with the kids, then later, watching HP7 Part I before heading over to Logan's and HP7 Part... TWO.

This year, Mom's birthday and the HP7II release date happened to be the same day. There was some fate going on there somewhere. Mom is such a loyal HP fan and it was so nice that the last movie's midnight showing landed on her birthday this year! I'm sure that it was also other loyal fans' birthdays that night, but who cares about them. :) 

We loved the movie. Okay, well not all of us loved it, but I know for a fact that Mom and I did. It was so epic! I won't go into a big long review, and I will say that I realize it wasn't a watertight movie, it wasn't the best movie I've ever seen and I will point out that it was only part of a whole, based on a complicated story. All that put into account, it was brilliant. Bloody brilliant. So many things I loved about it.

Anyway, happy birthday again, Mum... I'm so glad we got to see Harry Potter that night and I'm glad you are so cool that even though it was three thirty in the morning when we got home, you were like, wanna watch something? Hell yes. <3

Love,

- caroline

the last exams

So I'm finished with high school. Wow. This is crazy! I'm not going to lie - I wasn't happy that I couldn't finish by the end of 2010. Now I have finished months after my projected graduation date. It's a bit of a bummer for me, because it was a personal challenge to finish last year, and I failed.

The last four years of school have been sporadic. It's a strange feeling, when you are responsible for your own education. You are in charge of your own timeline, of handling your own learning curve, of reaching your own deadlines. There is no one to piss you off but yourself. You can't blame some crappy teacher for your bad grades, or your classmates for distracting you, or your early morning classes for not being able to concentrate.

I guess I'm pretty proud of having taught myself. I know that many others doing correspondence school have gotten better grades and finished in half the time. But I don't know their stories, I just know that I managed my high school education the best I could, in my own way. And I had to break that time up with work and projects (and, I'm not going to lie: TV) - I'm not the kind of person who can do homework everyday. Therefore, I had lots of breaks during the four years - I have gone months without picking up an academic book. But it was always there in the back of my mind... You should be doing homewoooooork. And now? Heh heh. No more voice. Though I'll probably sit down at my dest and do phantom homework, out of habit. Yes, yes, I think I can still feel the pages in my hands...

I still can't believe that American School thinks it's a-okay to avoid essay writing. This is the first real, more than half-a-page essay that I have had to write. It ended up being the last exam that I finished. And it looks so legit, doesn't it? We shall see if they think so. :)

Well, I felt like I should blog this before the moment was over, for the sake of documentation. Also, I don't want to sit at my desk for any extended period of time unless absolutely necessary. I will be blogging tonight, though!! I have some lovely after-the-storm images.

Anyway, thanks for everyone who helped me finish school! Especially Erin. I would be graduating in 2013 if it wasn't for her! <3 Thank you so much for all the help and for letting me board in your house for months. They are some of my best memories. Also thank you, Mom, for letting me slack off on chores and babysitting and for watching TV all alone so that I could finish up!

Hehe. I'm going to be giggling for a few days, I'm sure. Oh! I'm done with homework. Hehe. Guess what? No more homework. Hehehe.

See you later, maybe at my graduation party!
Lots of love and happiness,
- caroline

fourth

So guys. It's September. The sky knows that, even if you're a little behind on the times. It's been so amazing and blue the past few days, and the nights all chilly and yum. Now, I'm not looking forward to winter at all, but I could live in September and October year around.

Look at that sky!?



The light was so pretty that evening, all even and clear. Quinn took pics of me and Mom... I liked these.
That is my beloved new sweatshirt. From the Gap. It's awesome. Even Quinn wants to wear it.




This pic reminds me of something in the X-Files intro. :)


What do you think of my Michelangelo recreation? God has a sleeve in this remake...

Pictures of Micah are coming, don't worry. But I wanted to post these first, before they got lost in organization. :)