In years past, we have schooled year round. We took a break after about every six weeks, taking longer breaks for holidays and Christmas. Last year was different—we went to the US on home assignment. When we arrived home, I fully intended to give us a week or two to start up lessons again. Then I realised how exhausted we were. We ended up taking a break for six weeks because we needed every one of those days to recover from the time we spent visiting with family, friends [...]