We are still in the stage where we finish school early.

So we hung out in the basement on the XBox.

Except Stewart – who came home tired.  Full Time college is hard work.

1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin

Historically, we have begun our new school years on the first Monday after Stewart’s August 19th birthday.  This year, however, is different.  Because Stewart is not starting FLCC until after Labor Day, and with because we have nothing exciting on our calendar for early May that we want to hurry up to finish school by, we opted to start school September 5th. 

That left us with a few days of late summer we normally do not have. 

And the weather is just sort of crummy and the pool is green.

Not everyone waited to start school.  Marie started on August 21st.  And after seeing her begin, Tabitha decided to start on August 22nd.

One of the nicest things about homeschool is finding what works best.  Marie likes to rise at 6:30 and get some work done before breakfast.  She likes to do work in the evening, after dinner, as well.  Tabitha is also embracing the after dinner hours. 

My six beautiful children span 12.5 years.  There are not that many activities that they can all participate in.  It is very special to me when there is something they can all be involved in. 

It was a LOOOOONG session of co-op, with more drama than you can shake a ruler at.  But it was mostly a lot of fun, and the girls had the most wonderful time.
Katriel really enjoy her class about Laura Numeroff books.  They had a party the last day.

I got to teach her gym class, which was a blast.

And Marie and Tab finished their dessert/cupcake class.