I had just finished putting three squealing kids into bed. You know the usual routine of a quick squirt down with water, finding whatever clean clothes they have to wear as pajamas, brush teeth and a story that never seems to end.

All kids were in their bunks still screaming complaints of not being tired when I walked up the steps into our pilot house. Carl was in his typical nightly position of lying in the sea berth with his iPad on his chest. Knees propped up trying to get some much needed cool air around his legs and man bits. Sticky hot.

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Homeschooling has pretty much become the most important aspect of my life now. I used to binge on amazon tv shows and sew a little but now all of that has taken a back seat to the education of our kids.

I bought a small white board because we were hammering through paper.

Capri is 7 and Cali is 5 so I must say I”m still pretty new to all of this. I started this endeavor on our last boat, Salty.

Back when the girls were 3 and 4 I decided to go with the Pre School package offered by Sonlight, it’s basically a very comprehensive library of books. We are not a religious family and even though Sonlight is Christian based it was still a good fit for us. The girls were happy to sit for hours looking through the books and me reading.

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Episode 2 of our sailing vlog is up on youtube.

Last week we spent Christmas in Anguilla where we hung out at the beach, drank rum with friends and snorkeled with the kids.

Heading back to St. Maartin, it was a bit of a bumpy ride but thankfully none of us got sick and we all had a great time. Check out the video and make sure you subscribe to our youtube channel to make sure you get your fill of the Zaniboni love.