And so a new school year begins................most schools reopened here yesterday............our school board (Education Unlimited) called yesterday.....we're registered yay.......and say my package is in the mail......
Our Math U See curriculum arrived yesterday......and everything else was ready to go for today!
Yesterday we dropped Chris at work and then went to the homeschool group.......I've signed up to run next weeks activity.............polymers/ gels.......ie SLIME!!!!
After the homeschool group we went to Broadmoor Lake for a picnic, then headed to the mall, booked Susie a hair appt for next week and then grabbed a few groceries....the children chose a magazine each and then we headed home..............
Today is our first day of 'school'. The children were excited to try out their math-u-see packages....they each watched their dvd's for the lessons and then did a few sheets from their students manual.....Sam played with the blocks and did some colouring at the table............
They also all did some of their 'Write Now' books, Abby did some of the worksheets that the school board had given us for kindergarten (hard to believe that Abigail could have started kindergarten yesterday!) and she also did some rubber stamping and her math u see dvd.
Chris has decided to learn to speak Japanese and to study Japan in detail.....he found a website that teaches you the language so he has been sat at the laptop with his headphones on learning Japanese.......I think I will get him together with my friend Horomi and she can teach him a little more :)
Its lunchtime now and then Christie is coming over for a few hours.......I think maybe we will go for a walk and collect mail and hang out outside for a while...............
Oh, I finally booked the children into their classes at MP.......and I'm trying to get some teen homeschoolers together for Chris...maybe we'll have something here for them all for Halloween or something..............
I think we have a general pattern to our weeks now for this semester............flexible as always but generally a regular pattern :) They also have their interests they seem to be following......Chris has Japan and World War 2 history..............Laurence has The Mary Rose and Medieval Times and his quad, Susannah has her animal projects, her story writing.....Abigail has her birds.......they all have their math and their penpals............they all have their activities like dance and fit for kids....Chris has his voluntary work..............his teen group thing..............and yet we still have three full days at home :)
Lloyd stayed late this morning and had coffee with me which is always a nicer start to the day than waking up with him gone and just a coffee by my bed....................
Tonight.....I don't know whats happening tonight..............its normally date night but because it was a long weekend it feels weird having datenight already...............
What else have I done? Oh yesterday I booked the dogs into the kennel for our trip.......yikes...not sure I can take them as I have never left them like that before.....our breeder normally has them to stay with her (and all their family as she has their Mom and cousins and Aunts etc etc) but now we live the opposite end of the city that we figured it isn't worth the drive just for a few days........maybe for our big trip...actually definitely for our big trip because I can't bear the thought of leaving my girls with strangers for so long.....I hope they will be ok....I hope they will keept hem together.............
So I got a few things done the last couple of days that I have been procrastinating over...............
Last night Lloyd and I went quadding at dusk again......we've made our trail so much longer now......through all three fields, through the VERY long grass (taller than me lol) and through the woods.........its fun :)
