School Days

School has been in full swing for about a month and a half now.  I am going to say this is our best year yet!  I have changed our homeschool curriculum to Living Books, Saxon math is the same and we have added and intense Language Arts, writing and grammar program through IEW.  Our school hours went from about 2/3 hours of work a day to around 5 hours but all worth it in the end to see Khloe REALLY enjoying all of the subjects and things just sort of clicking for her this year.  It really seems to be her year, which makes me so happy and proud!  

On a sad not her long legs out grew our kid size school table so we had to rearrange our school room to fit her and her new needs.  It has been fun but a bit of a challenge with keeping the smaller ones occupied while we carry on with school.  Luckily I have two younger children with great imaginations and pretty good self-displine that they find fun, adventurous, eventful things of their own to occupy the time we spend doing school.

Khloe's first day of school 2012, 3rd grade

Little bird LOVES to paint and do her own work

and then put the dog down for a nap ;) sweet Roxy always such a good sport 

(yes, she is covered in a quilt with her head on a pillow pet)

Caleb then attends a twice a week school so we have two days without our boy and BOY do we miss him.  Pia probably the most.  She asks at least three to five times, "Where's Caleb!"  every day he is gone and when it is time for pick up we are ALL happy but I must say she is the most enthusiastic.

Here he is on his first day of school. ABC Preschool and Kindergarden 2012

He punched through the front door!

Big stuff on his way to school

We could not love our boy more!!

Khloe went to the same school and said when we left she felt like such "big stuff" when she was in school there and now she looks at the kids that were her age and thinks they are so small :) funny how that works!

Found his spot at the round table!

Always a character with the faces, pretty sure Pia thought she should have a chair right by him!

This is the beginning of the year for us full of hope and anticipation and excitement!  Getting back into routine, early bedtime, early rising and days filled with papers, pencils, books and homework.  We will miss you summer but are so looking forward to all of the great things God has for us this year.  Let us not take for granite a single day lived.  Let our hearts always stay thankful and focused on you and in ALL we do let it draw us closer to knowing you and making you know.