School by the Lake

This week we spent another few days at our lake house. We hardly ever come here, but for some reason this summer, I have just needed this place. It has been such a great source of relaxation and enjoyment over the past couple of weeks as we have visited. I now wonder why we haven't been coming more often. Could it be all of the farm animals we have at home? The RV that begs to be taken out on another adventure? Or just the routine of daily life that I do not take the time to push aside for a change of scenery? Regardless, the lake house now is up on my list of frequent visits. I'll just have to make the time.
We enjoyed school by the lake this week. I was a bit apprehensive as to how it would go, but it went well. During our morning prayer on Thursday, we heard a bit of a rustling beside us in the back yard by the lake. When our prayer was over, I looked up to see two gorgeous mallards. A male and a female walking straight to us. I knew then to take a deep breath and enjoy the nature around us during our lessons. I adjusted the plan and we spent as long as we could watching the mallards and talking about them. It honestly prompted the best discussion that Little Buddy and I had all morning and then opened up other topics that I am sure we would not have discussed otherwise.
Our mallards visited us again for school on Friday morning. Little Buddy asked if they were visiting like the swan visited Sam in "The Trumpet and the Swan." How insightful.