Monday, August 25, 2008

First Day of School




I wouldn't give our first day of homeschooling an A+, but it wasn't bad. Our sweet little Madelyn doesn't ever want to play by herself, and her attention span for school is very short :) Today she had a little "alone" time on her bed while we finished math and reading. Madelyn will be four years old this week - I am a little sad! I am cleaning out every closet before the big move, and today I sorted through her baby things that I can't bear to part with. Childhood goes much too quickly for me.


On the first day of school every year, I have the little ones draw self-portraits. Here are today's masterpieces. Just wait until tomorrow - they are drawing family pictures!


The boxes are piling up, there is a huge stack of "stuff" in the garage for the women's center to pick up, the trash bin in the alley is full, and I still have many more closets to go. How in the world did we ever get sooooooo much stuff?

2 comments:

Grandma Tillie's Bakery said...

Love the self portraits! Congratulations on completing the first day of school. Summer goes by so fast, but I like getting back into a routine, don't you? I can't wait to see the family portraits...

Anonymous said...

Haha those pictures are amazing :)! I miss you guys so much! Give the kids a hug for me! I can't wait to see you all this weekend!!! Love you, Mom! Have a great day!