The entire reason we have experienced our most recent move was for PK to participate in the CPE program. That meant a year split in training between Portsmouth and the Hampton VA. A ceremony was held today to recognize the chaplains who completed the program. Hannah and I attended in order to celebrate our favorite chaplain.
Hannah and I finished our second week of school with our new Field Trip Friday. Each week we are going to explore or do something fun in our area. I received an email from our state homeschool group sharing information about a website called Homeschool Movie Club. They choose a movie and post free curriculum to accompany the movie.
The latest release, Dolphin Tale 2, coincided with our Field Trip Friday. I didn't tell Hannah what we were going to do until she was almost finished with her school work. She was thrilled! She loves animals and science. I had printed out a bunch of the information and activities and placed it all in a binder which meant she would have additional work. I'm never quite sure how she is going to receive that. Her words were, "This is going to be so much fun because dolphins are my favorite. They are so smart!" I showed her the pages she needed to read and the activity she needed to do and she excitedly jumped right in.
We will not be doing all of the curriculum the website had to offer, but I chose the parts I thought would offer the most for Hannah.
We will probably plan a few more of our field trips around the movie. Two trips on my list are a local aquarium we have yet to visit and a dolphin watching tour. I failed to take a picture today, but we had a wonderful time.
It has been a while since we have done a family camping trip. We had one free weekend on the calendar, so we took advantage.
Hannah and I headed out early Friday afternoon and set up camp before PK and the other kids arrived.
The weekend was a bit warm, but Rachel has a band competition every weekend until November and then Aaron and Hannah have something scheduled the first two weekends in November.
This was also our first time camping with Holly. That was an experience. It was like having a toddler along. Someone had to have an eye on her all the time.
I am always sad to see the kids go back to school. However, I was very thankful that they were able to stay in the same schools this year. Aaron told me last week that he wasn't looking forward to sitting in class all day, but he was ready to get back into a routine and see his friends. This from the child who had me in tears at the beginning of the school year last year. He would just look so defeated when I dropped him off. He missed his friends in Georgia.
This morning the kids were all smiles as they headed out. Our big change this year is the kids are riding the bus. We had a huge issue on the bus when Rachel was in third grade and they haven't been back on the bus since. I was a bit nervous, but the kids seemed fine. They were just concerned with making sure they made it to the bus stop on time. They both said their bus ride wasn't too bad. The boy sitting behind Rachel had his window open which messed up her hair, but that was her biggest complaint. Their busses aren't crowded at all, in fact, they each had their own seats. Since we have lived here I have not heard any complaints from parents or other kids regarding the busses. The carpools here are very crowded and disorganized, so I think this will be a good change for us. If the kids have any problems, I will take them to and from school.
Rachel is a sophomore this year which just blows my mind!! Today is also her birthday, but we celebrated over the weekend.
