Our first official day of home schooling

Today was our first official day of home schooling. The word “official” means we followed a set schedule, held all of the learning in our classroom, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning. Lydia exclaimed multiple times that the best part of the day, which included ballet, an outing (to the grocery store), and playing outside with friends, was –home schooling! I can’t even express how happy that made me.

Mary also seemed to enjoy it, although her attention span is a little shorter. 🙂 Mary had Let’s Play Music today, and it was a parent day. I haven’t had much, if any, alone time with Mary for a long time. Parent days are nice that way; Mary and I get to cuddle, play together, and bond. My mom made that possible by staying home with the kids today.

Ammon is starting to stand for short periods on his own. He has been doing this for a couple weeks, but he’s starting to do it more regularly now.

Abe is heading down the home stretch of the quarter. He had a four day weekend and so today was a catch-up day. On top of that, he had six meetings. I don’t know how he handles it all so well.

This is what our morning looks like every day. Lydia practices harp (and now piano too) before breakfast. I keep Ammon occupied (sort of) by feeding him breakfast. By the end of practice, he is a mess, but I took this before he reached that point. You can also spy Mary in the background filling a box with all sorts of oddities. She loves to fill containers with random things. Last week she hid Lydia's music book in a box in the closet and I berated myself for losing it. I felt better after discovering it last night. Today she put an open salt container in the pictured box. It spilled open. You can only imagine the mess.
This is what our morning looks like every day. Lydia practices harp (and now piano too) before breakfast. I keep Ammon occupied (sort of) by feeding him breakfast. By the end of practice, he is a mess, but I took this before he reached that point. You can also spy Mary in the background filling a box with all sorts of oddities. She loves to fill containers with random things. Last week she hid Lydia’s music book in a box in the closet and I berated myself for losing it. I felt better after discovering it last night. Today she put an open salt container in the pictured box. It spilled open. You can only imagine the mess.
We are doing Monart for writing and drawing. Today we talked about dots and line families. The girls were supposed to draw every kind of shape from the circle family, the straight line family, the angle family, and the curved line family. This is what they did. Mary is on top and Lydia is on the bottom.
We are doing Monart for writing and drawing. Today we talked about dots and line families. The girls were supposed to draw every kind of shape from the circle family, the straight line family, the angle family, and the curved line family. This is what they did. Mary is on top and Lydia is on the bottom.
This is my view as I type. I LOVE this September weather. I can hear the kids squealing and playing on the porch beneath me. This is my favorite type of evening.
This is my view as I type. I LOVE this September weather. I can hear the kids squealing and playing on the porch beneath me. This is my favorite type of evening.