Reading Together

Jude And His Apple

Photos by Lester

Georgia Snow

Valentine's Day

Valentine's day followed a cousin sleep over this year. There was a lot of excitement in the morning. I hung a few decorations while they were sleeping. We had heart shaped pancakes and pumpkin chocolate chip muffins. New pink water bottles were also a big hit!

Geography Fair

Earlier in the year Skyla's class picked names of countries out of a hat for a geography fair. The event was supposed to happen last night and we have been preparing for a long time. Her country was Vietnam. She turned in a short paper about the country and prepared a poster board. She has really enjoyed working on the project and learning about her country. She was really excited about dressing in costume and serving a sample of a drink similar to a Vietnamese soda. Unfortunately....it snowed last night! The decision was made that if you still wanted to go to the church to see the projects you could but it was not necessary to bring your food items or dress in costume. We decided we would go early and try to make the best of it. Skyla definitely wanted to wear her costume and give out her drink samples. So we loaded up and drove to the church to find about five other families there. Originally, there probably would have been over 100 people.

This didn't stop little Skyla though. She quickly set up her table and would not step away from it even for a moment, hoping that someone would come by to try her drink. I roamed the empty halls and looked at other projects. It was pretty heartbreaking to come back in to the big empty room with only Skyla standing next to her table still hoping the event would go on. The few teachers that were there did try to make a big deal out of her efforts. She did not want to leave even when it was clear that no one else was coming. We talked about the disappointment for all the kids and the teachers who did so much to prepare.

The Nature Center

Today we enjoyed some much needed outdoor social time with friends.

12 kids and 4 mamas (sorry Finn I didn't get you in a picture)

I will add this to my list of pros for the home school side as we try to figure out our plans for the next school year. Thank you Katie for getting us all together today.

P.S. Michelle, we miss you!