First Day of School 2014

No Labor Day in Belgium...It was the First Day of School for us!

The quote of the day was from our Kindergartener.  As we went through her ABC flash cards, we came to the letter H.  She said, "H, /h/, for UNICORN!"

I said, "Uh, I think it's /h-h/ horse." 

Her response, "Nah, I like unicorns better."

She has truly made the start of the school year joyful because she is extremely enthusiastic.  All day, she asks for more school and finds work for herself if I am occupied teaching the boys.  All hesitation I had about starting kindergarten  with her has faded.  She's flying through the material and I am having to pace her.  She's ready.

The boys are finding their rhythm, too.  We had a really great first week!

Deciding to homeschool this year was a really, really difficult decision for me...for a whole slew of reasons.  The Hubs was not really in favor of putting them in school, but he loves me well, so he genuinely joined me in praying about it and checking some schools out.  Ultimately, none were a good fit and we both felt confident God was calling us to continue with homeschooling. This is definitely best for OUR family again this year; not necessarily easiest, but best for us.

FIRST attempt at free hand drawing the US.  Pretty impressive, especially since they had to look up at a tiny map on the board!

Dandelion #2's first try.  Ironically, we're studying US History and Geography this year.

Finding extra work for herself...

A celebratory gelato after a successful first day!