9.09.2015

First Day of School

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{Finding her new books}

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{Like the good teachers they are our butterflies decided the first day of school would be the perfect day to come out of their chrysalises}

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{We are reading Minn of the Mississippi and today we made "Minn" out of beeswax while we read a few chapters}

The first day of school is always so good (and misleading as the teacher), everyone loves lessons and is in such good spirits.  Aside from all of the above we also made maps of our trip down the river.  It has been a crazy few days as we adjust to school everyday and all the classes they are taking.  Swimming, golf, gymnastics, fiddle, Irish dance, science club, homeschool group.  All good things but definitely a change from our lazy summer days.  For the most part though I think we have Mondays and Fridays as completely home days so hopefully that will help to balance us out.  I always worry about little Nora who is forced to tote along to all of these activities.  I've already learned in the past two days that I'm going to need a bigger supply of snacks to have on hand when we are out and about.  She is a trooper for the most part though.  And this year she is very interested in participating in whatever her big brother and sister are learning about. They were so kind to her today making a big deal out of the fact that it was her first official day of (pre)school.

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