Well, after a long absence, we are ready to update our online presence again!  We have moved to Tucson, AZ.  So lots of new things are happening to us.  The trip out here went well.  I hope to tell about it soon.  On the trip, I had no internet access or my computer was out of commission or both at the same time, so I didn't get to do things like update as we traveled.  Hopefully, I have a few photos.  We tend to get caught up in the moment and forget to take photographs of things.  I kind of think that is the way it should be.  Nonetheless, I will see if there are any nice ones and post them soon.

Right now, we are getting all settled into our new home.  It is fun to do, but I like to organize things as I go and go through stuff, so it takes time.  The girls are enjoying the sunshine for now.  They like to take their work outside and sit in the sun to do it sometimes.  Later, when it gets too hot, that won't be an option, but for now it works.

We are getting cranked back up into math and spelling now.  We had tapered off a little on the frequency, but we were still doing math during the trip... just not very often.  Today the girls each did two pages of their math workbooks as they also did yesterday.  Freyja did a few phonics worksheets as well and they both did some Cool Math 4 Kids games on the computer.  Freyja also did some spelling games and tested herself on Spelling City.

So, I will try to write more often now that the big move is over.  Hello to all my dear friends and family who might be reading.  I love you all and miss you!

Been a Long Time!

Well, I have not written anything in here for about a month.  We have been so busy having a life and fitting in all our fun school stuff.  Plenty of things going on, but no time to write.  However, I am cranking back up now and we are getting ready for a big life change.  We are moving to Tucson, AZ in a couple of weeks.  I plan to document our trip out.  Maybe I can write every few days or so and add photos.  We will be traveling to GA first in our trip and then out west.  Look for fun things then.  Right now, for the next two weeks, there will be all the packing to get through.  I hope I can write a few lines now and then until we are ready to go.

Thursday + Kids = Math

So, today my girls worked on their math.  Juno worked in her math book and Freyja did several worksheets. Juno used the Scratch program on my computer for a while.  We also went out to do a little shopping.  Other than that, not much today.

Tuesday and Wednesday Activities

Tuesday:

• Kosho class
• Watched the first episode of Discovery: Atlas about the Great Rift Valley in Africa, plus part of the next episode on the geologic creation of Hawaii
• Art (Drawing)
• Read aloud to the children from the book I am currently reading on health/nutrition:  Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman, MD.

Wednesday:

• Read half of Tin Tin's Travel Diaries:  Africa
• Looked at a map of part of the west coast of Africa and the children showed me/told me what they learned yesterday about the Great Rift Valley
• Discussed the different continents on a map
• Almost finished watching the second episode of Discovery: Atlas on Hawaii
• Read more of Eat to Live aloud
• The girls created some art with ATCs and business card magnets
• Read a couple of short articles from the magazine: mental_floss  volume 2, issue # 1

That is the stuff I can think of right now.  They also played a lot with our housemates' children.