The Double Digit Club

Today is Hannah's tenth birthday.  She is the last of the Sweet Baby Rays to hit double digits.  Ten just sounds so grown up.  

 

Homeschool

We just weren't thrilled with Hannah's school so we decided we would homeschool.  We are loving it!!

 

 

We set up a classroom on the enclosed back porch.

 

 

But sometimes we just find a comfortable spot.

 



And we have been doing lots of experiments.

I love that we can work at Hannah's pace and if she asks a question we have the freedom to research the answer or run an experiment.  We are planning to continue with homeschooling until we return to Georgia.



Sibling Love

Hannah was awake before Aaron this morning and she decided to make him breakfast.  She fixed a waffle and made a placemat out of a paper towel.  Then she wrote his name on it so he would be sure to know it was for him.

 

First Day of School

Today is the first day of school.  I'm always sad when the kids go back to school after a break and I was really sad to send them off to new schools.  Rachel has had band camp for the past three weeks, so she at least knows a few kids and has been in the building several times.  Aaron didn't like school before and he is not happy to be going to a new school.  Hannah will like it if she thinks it is fun.  We met her teacher the other night and she wasn't very friendly.  We were really spoiled by the kids' previous schools.

 

I got up in plenty of time to make them a good breakfast.  Of course, tomorrow they will be back to boxed cereal and poptarts.

Rachel (HIGH SCHOOL!!!)

 



 

Aaron

 

Hannah

Rachel's Birthday

Rachel wanted to celebrate her birthday at the Cheesecake Factory and invite Doug, Shannon and the girls to join us.  I had never been to one, but a friend had taken her when we lived in Georgia.

We decided that sounded like a great idea so we met at Cheesecake Factory.  The food was fabulous and Rachel enjoyed celebrating a birthday with our Virginia "family."