So it's upon us! The start of another school year. Matthew and I went out by ourselves yesterday for a special shopping trip for some last-minute school supplies. It's rare to get out with any of them, let alone one-on-one time with them since Daddy's working 6 and 7 days a week now. So we enjoyed it and tried to make the most out of it. Got some good deals, too!
The kids were very eager to get started this morning.
We read the creation story this morning and made a melted-crayon earth to mark the beginning of our timeline.
They enjoyed their rug time reading with the Boxcar children and acting out the chapter with the little "dolls" they had made last week. The girls need lots of work on listening and not interrupting, so we're trying to focus on that during rug time.
Our science reading was about where rain comes from. After each part, Matthew would color the corresponding part on his water wheel.
When he was finished he put his two pieces together and could spin the back one to see the water cycle in action!
The girls did some freestyle coloring during all of this.
Then we took an impromptu trip outside to check out where the rain water on our street goes.
We also made a rainbow on the driveway with a glass of water. After this picture we got a really good one with bright colors. Ashlyn was the most fascinated with this experiment, while the others were more excited to run around the yard 
They were excited about their new (cheap Target find!) lunch items.
Thankfully Andrew took a good morning nap today! Once the girls went down for their rest time, Matthew did his spelling work. It's supposed to take him a week to learn the words, but he spelled every one of them 100% correctly the very first time I said them. I'm really trying to find a good Language Arts fit for him but it's not working too well! With Sonlight, the grammar is way above his head while the spelling and reading are beneath him. We'll keep trying to find a good fit.
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