Monday, June 2, 2014

First Day of Homeschool 2014

Today was our first day of school.  Lydia started 1st grade and Eleanor started PreK.  I was going to wait a bit but they were bored and I think we were all ready.  I wanted to make the first day special because back when I first decided to homeschool, the first day of school was the part that made me saddest to give up.  I always loved the first day of school and I want my kids to think it is special too.

We started with a breakfast of ice cream and brownies, which is very special at our house.  We almost never have ice cream, much less for breakfast, and the girls enjoyed it.  I also let them pick everything about what they wore today, including their hair.  Then we took pictures.  We are at that fun stage where the kids are so squirmy the pictures are a bit blurry, and their "smiles" look more like grimaces.

Lydia- 1st Grade
Eleanor- PreK (yes, she and Lydia are the exact same height)
Adelaide- Just wanted a picture too.
School itself went pretty well.  We will need to work through some discipline issues, but for the most part, things went fairly well.  And Eleanor is now reading two-letter words (am, at, etc.)!  I'm excited for her to start learning how to read.

After school, we went to McDonald's for lunch (their favorite) and then the we went to the Children's museum.


This is a hand-crocheted climbing structure that was really fun.  Even Tyler and I climbed up in it.
Eleanor at the top
The whole family at the top.
Adelaide and Daddy inside of it.
Adelaide got a bit worn out.
So we had a good day, I think.  I hope the rest of our week goes just as well!

1 comment:

  1. Sweet girls! Sounds like a very good, and obviously tiring, first day.

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