Home Sweet School 2012

Wow. I can't believe another school year is here! 

I can't believe school has been in session for a month! 

WOW!

Time sure flies! 

My homeschool voyagers of 2012-2013

Sis is 15 and a Junior.

Bug is 12 and in 7th Grade.

Hunny is 7 and in Second Grade.

We are planning an amazing year together! 

Einstein age 16 and a Sophomore. 

Although he started the year in our public school, 

we've been dealing with some pretty extreme behaviors and he is currently attending a court ordered day treatment program so his schooling in done there. We hope that he will be able to finish the program and return to his regular school yet this year. 

Did you take first day pictures? 

The girls and I had a GREAT time on our photo shoot! 

Something we need to do more often.

COUNTRY GIRL

Home Sweet School 2011

Yesterday we started back to school!

 My homeschool Voyagers of 2011-2012!

 Sis is 14 and a Sophomore.

 Bug is 11 and in 6th grade.

 Hunny is 6!

We are preparing for an awesome year together! 

And while I'm sharing first day homeschool pics, I better also share Einsteins first day of (public) High School pic too.

COUNTRY GIRL

These are a few of my favorite things....

By Hunny

age 6

* My blankies (she has 3)

* Cake

* Hamburgers & hotdogs

* Bats

* Mermaids

* Playing in the snow

* Magic of Pegasus (Barbie movie)

* Watching movies

* The beach

Just add wings...

Because EVERY house needs a fairy....

....the wand is helpful too! 

Momma's misery

Yep. On her sixth birthday, another tooth comes out....

Sigh...

 

Hunny turns 6!

Hunny wanted a 'My little pony' cake this year. After searching around this is what we came up with. It's a combination from online ideas and ponies we have on hand. I thought it turned out pretty good, the only problem being - my small decorating tips were missing. Guess I need to get some more before the next birthday! 

  We had Grandma & Grandpa up for pizza and cake. Here Grandma and Daddy are being silly! lol.

Always fun to open gifts.

Love my family!

 Hunny blowing out her candles.

Home Sweet School 2010

We started our new school year this week. 

Here are the "back to school" photos of my crew....

 Sis 

13 years old

Freshman

Bug 

10 years old

Fifth Grade

Hunny 

5 years old

First Grade

Home Sweet School 2010

Gone to the Birds

Took the girls to Chippewa Nature Center today for a bird hike. Of course they were split up into three different age groups, so I of course went with Hunny.
Wow!
Where did my shy little girl go?! I mean, she has never been really quiet, but in groups she usually is - I mean was. She chattered through most of it and Miss Jackie the educator for our group learned her named rather quickly!
It was a pretty day here, kinda cool, but I thankfully made the right choice by leaving our coats in the van. :) We started out in a classroom, where Miss Jackie told the kids a poem using flannelgraph to illustrate it. She read them a book about what a bird is......which prompted a very LLLOOONNNGGG discussion with Hunny about peacocks - really flamingo's, but Hunny was very adamant that they were called peacocks. sigh. She finally settled for calling them peacock flamingo's, what do you do? So they played some fun games (well, for little ones) about bird activities and how feathers grow. Then they were able to roam the stations set up. Hunny really liked the stuffed birds that chirped. The nests were neat and she learned how to use a microscope for looking at a feather - but was really more interested at that station in helping little Amy see. Amy is...oh, maybe 2? Hunny loves Amy. So she was quite concerned that Amy just was not tall enough to look into the microscope. Funny girl.
Finally we got to go on the hike. Miss Jackie had put bird pictures throughout the trails and gave all the kids tp tube "binoculars" so they could look for the birds. They did spot some red-winged blackbirds, but mostly it was the paper variety. I do wonder if it was do to the noise of our group....? Anyways, they did locate some real live turtles and frogs so that was neat. It was of course, a big race from bird picture to bird picture, and usually Hunny was in the lead. sigh. God must think I have lots of energy since not a one of my blessings are the calm and relaxed type. (Or maybe He thinks I need to move more?) At the end of the hike they got to make a 'nest' using paperclips as their beaks and then they 'migrated' from MI to FL and back.
Since of course, this group finished early (hmmm...?) Miss Jackie was kind enough to take us down a different trail. This hike was more just a nature study and was slightly more laid back. Not sure if it was because the littles were getting tuckered or just because they didn't have the paper birds to find. But they saw some animal holes in the ground and had talks about what kind of critters made and/or lived in them. Got to see a pond up close, checked out some insects, flowers and trees. Miss Jackie was great and very patient, but I am pretty sure she sighed when we left! :D