2013-2014 School Year

We started our current school year about 3 weeks ago already and the boys have been doing great.  Over the summer Nathan has matured a little and is now able to sit for longer periods and LOVES doing his worksheets!  (I often have to get out another one for him while I finish working with Josh since he goes through them so quickly.)  Josh picked right up where he left off with reading and Math and still finds our read-aloud times to be his favorite times of the day.

To kick off each new year our co-op has a back to school beach day and we had a really good time!

A really cute idea I've seen on several blogs is back to school interview questions that the kids answer at the beginning of each school year so I thought we'd start that tradition this year and these were the boy's answers:

Back to Homeschool Interview:

My name is: Nathan

I am __3___ years old.

My favorite food is: mac and cheese

I really, really do not like to eat: broccoli

My favorite show to watch is: Curious George

My favorite movie is: Despicable Me

My favorite books are: "How do Dinosaurs say Goodnight"

The best thing about school is: Math

The worst thing about school is: I like all my school stuff

The coolest person on Earth is: God

I am really good at: puzzles

My favorite color is: orange and red

The best place in the world to be is: Sea World

When I grow up I want to: work with Daddy at his company

If I could do one thing all day long it would be: play games

My best friend is: Noah

Jesus is: God

When I was little I used to: crawl

3 words that describe me: (with a little help from Mommy) sweet, energetic, pest :)

This year I hope to learn: my letters

Back to Homeschool Interview:

My name is: Josh

I am __6___ years old.

My favorite food is: chocolate sprinkle sandwich

I really, really do not like to eat: healthy foods

My favorite show to watch is: Phineas and Ferb

My favorite movie is: Toy Story 3

My favorite books are: Dr. Seuss

The best thing about school is: crafts

The worst thing about school is: worksheets

The coolest person on Earth is: Mom and Dad

I am really good at: baseball

My favorite color is: Green

The best place in the world to be is: Disneyland 

When I grow up I want to: be a scientist 

If I could do one thing all day long it would be: play outside

My best friend is: James

Jesus is: God

When I was little I used to: crawl

3 words that describe me: talkative, kind, energetic

This year I hope to learn: to read better

Looking forward to a good year!

Summer 2013

What a fun, BUSY summer!

We definitely kept ourselves occupied with plenty of activities over the past few months.  At the end of May we took a family vacation to Mammoth (our first trip there, we had a lot of fun!).

June brought family from out of town whom we hadn't seen in quite some time.  We had a great time swimming and were also able to visit LEGOLAND (the boys were ecstatic since we'd never been, they'd been asking to go for awhile).

At the end of the week we visited the beach (a big treat for the boys since Mommy is NOT a big beach fan!)

We were also treated to fabulous seats at an Angels game :)

Lots of fun memories made that week!

July included Vacation Bible School for the boys and myself.  Nathan was old enough to be involved in a class this year, the class that I was asked to teach :)  What a great week!

July also marked our Joshua's 6th year!!  (SERIOUSLY, where has the time gone?!?!)

From mid-June to mid-August the boys took swimming and karate lessons.

Mid-August both of my sisters came into town and we went on our annual lake trip with my family.

While we were there our baby turned one!

Finally, after we got home from the lake, my sister Michelle wanted to go to Disneyland before she headed home (besides the heat it was a fun, but exhausting, day!).

PHEW!  That last picture really sums it all up :)  What a great few months!  So much fun, in fact, the boys decided one morning a few weeks ago that we needed to get back to our school work.  We are currently two weeks into our new school year and they are doing GREAT!  (We completed one week before we left for the lake trip and picked it back up after we got home.)  Looking forward to the rest of this year!