Six months seems like a good enough time to start blogging again. I'm feeling like I need some thing to help me get my head back in the "School Year" zone. I consider us "year round" homeschoolers, but our summer schedule is
very low key...Especially this summer. I'm 8 months pregnant and since our child care kiddo's school year ended, I have allowed myself to
wallow in enjoy this pregnancy (I really am enjoying it mostly, but not having to push through the tiredness and "fake it til I make it" like I did the first 8 months...a pleasant relief).
Our summer schedule has been so haphazard thanks to a 2 week trip, involving 3000 miles of driving,
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| This is how we eat dinner on the road... |
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| They were fantastic travelers! |
a ton of fun in the sun and with family...
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| New Smyrna |
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| Sunrise over Lake Monroe |
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| We had a lot of fun trying to spot alligators in the lake |
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| Sunrise walk (A "Day walk" as the kids call it) on the board walk by Lake Monroe |
and a 2...3...4? week recovery from the trip!
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| You can often find me in bed or curled up on the couch with some stuffed animal that Pip felt Ziggy needed to have close.. |
Mostly our summer has been the kids being fantastic, creative, and generally awesome. Seriously, they watch a lot of TV and have been working hard in their mine craft world, but they also play outside a lot and are incredibly creative. They've kept themselves busy and have let Mama rest quite a bit. I feel a mixture of guilt and thankfulness...
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| "I don't really know how to get the car to jump, I'm still working on that..." |
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| Building ramps for their car with scrap wood |
The house often looks like a paper goods recycling plant and crayola factory blew up, but they craft create, and play indoors and out with their creations...Together and apart. I can't complain, it's been a good summer of learning.
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| I love 3 year old's...I find things like this a lot! |
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| 5 year old knee art, or should I say scab art? The eyes there are scabs. Some times the messes stay...contained. |
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| Dress up play...Apparently being 7 means you make pathetic faces when being photographed (she was grinning 2 seconds later, stinker). |
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| This is my favorite, they played for over an hour and a half under these trees |
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| Same day same place, this literally turned into a circus show, with chalk tight ropes and clowns arguing over where their tight ropes were....They've never been to a circus, so it got a bit irrational. A good time was had by all, until it wasn't. :D |
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| This is is her T-TAPP Bal-la-lette dance sheet. It's a game she created. You tap a color and do a ballet move...I think. |
On days I have energy or they ask to "do school" (usually this is Friendly asking) we pull out work sheets on a concept we came across and I realized they weren't familiar with it (Oh, some free work sheet links in my next post!).
Some times it means a chapter or two of our math book (Life of Fred), some times it means we take a stack of picture books to the park and a "picnic" snack and we enjoy our books together.
We're also doing a Family Summer reading club...
For every book they read to me or Hubby Joy they get a sticker on the chart. For every chapter book we finish together they get a sticker on the chart. We have about 10 stickers now (this was taken shortly after we started). When we complete the chart (hoping to before the baby arrives) they win a new Lego set or an ice cream party...or some thing! Maybe both?
| Hey, we're having a baby we're going to celebrate books and babies! :D |
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| Favorite places... |
And SUMMER!!!!
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