Saturday, September 26, 2009

First Day of School

Our first day of school was August 31, 2009. Nate started 8th grade using the Abeka Academy videostreaming program (love it so far!) and Drew began 5th grade, doing the same 'ole thing we've always done. Lilymei got into the spirit and wore one of Nate's homeschool t-shirts. She grabbed her colored pencils and notebook and was ready to begin as well.

A happy bunch in the kitchen.

In the family room, with the kitchen in the background.

View of the family room. Notice the futon we purchased since we were tired of sitting on the floor and our couches hadn't arrived yet.

Kids in the front living room. I think they all look pretty happy for the first day of school.

Sitting on the front step. Lily's colored pencils go wherever she goes....

School is going well. We are in the 4th week now and I believe we have a pretty good routine down. Lily has done extremely well in keeping pretty quiet while the boys are working. Nate started off the school year using the living room tv for his lessons but he has moved into his newly remodeled bedroom and is now using Scott's laptop for his lessons. This has allowed Lily access to the tv to watch her favorite tv shows: Dora the Explorer, Ni Hao Kai-Lan, and Little Bear. Drew has been working at the kitchen table for most of his lessons but he also escapes to his room to do his reading.

Let's hope that the rest of the school year goes as well as the first 4 weeks. Time will tell....

1 comment:

Nellie Jane said...

Awesome house! And your stuff! How did it fare? I hope everything made it safe and sound. The kids look great! Analia has that same pencil box...makes me miss you guys! We're all closed up here, waiting for the so-called storm to hit. We have another day to go...I thought you guys would appreciate this--Mike didn't get home from work until 7 (no surprise, right, ugh) and we were out in the back yard breaking everything down from 8-10:30 pm! I think we were the only ones out! I know you guys would have laughed because we're always so late on stuff! Anyway, have a great day! Tell Nate, and Drew and Lilimei, oh yeah, and Scott!, hi from us!

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