Because We're Happy
I'm not going to say that I am bad at getting pictures of the children. It's really that the children are bad at getting ready in good time to take darling photos.
And really as cute as those "first day photos" are, I find myself rolling my eyes at them a little. They bother me: the perfectly coifed children holding the perfect, little slate, with "first day of school, X grade" written in pretty cursive.
I'm just one to want to live in the moment and relish it as it is and not because I'm going to take the perfectly posed keepsake photo during that moment. It kind of makes life feel forced. I guess if I'm going to take a picture I want it to be natural and photos almost never are.
First Day of Home School Co-op
I would have liked to have a picture of all my children dressed neatly in their Co-op uniforms. But, it just did not happen, because they were all busy having a great time meeting with there friends and learning new things. I took a couple posed pictures, but their with other children and I do not feel right posting them without parental permission.
Claytonopolis School
Our first week of school was very smooth. I made chore cards for each child to carry around. I made cards for morning, noon and night. We have done pretty well learning morning and noon chores, which made our home school day go very smoothly. We have not begun the night chores yet. I figure those will come in time. The chore cards have helped because both the children and I know what they ought to be doing at all times. If something is left undone, we all know it.
After working all summer, we decided to begin Kristiana on first grade material. I was a little skeptical as to whether she could do it, especially in spelling. But, she performed like a star the first week. She even impressed me by proving she could write her very long name.
The second week she is having a little trouble wanting to finish all the work. My solution, give her a big long play break; and of course, she can have no T.V. or media time unless the school work is done.
Annie, has enjoyed some preschool time too. She wants to do what Kristiana is doing, which Kristian never wanted to do what Alex was doing. Annie has also spent lots of contemplative time with our preschool manipulative.
Lucy does her own things and almost never bothers us. We're super lucky with this baby--going on big girl.
