Another Year Begins

Tomorrow is the day. We start school. I am so looking forward to this year. The big girl is really in middle school now, I can't deny it any longer. The baby is a first grader and is excited to use her cool, new math book. The boy is just hoping he doesn't have to take too many spelling tests. And with the beginning of school comes all the rest.

We have our dance schedule. We have been missing it all summer. The big girl and I were going to dance this summer while the other two were in VBS. That didn't happen. Our finances wouldn't allow the summer classes and the kids never made it to VBS. We are three days in town this year. The big girl is taking jazz for a change. The boy has decided he wants to take hip hop. It's nice to have that scheduled, ready to go in the lesson plans.

Co-op will be starting soon as well. We have our schedule through September, so I can mark those in the lesson plan and on the calendar. We may have a couple of newcomers this year. We have a couple of ladies that may join our little group. They are going to observe for the first couple of co-ops, then decide if it's right for them. Co-op is one of the best things that we have ever done. It is yet another resource for education, but more importantly friends. It is a blessing and a relief when I get to be with this special group.

We already have ideas and info on field trips. We are going to a chocolate factory, possible a sky diving school, and a museum in a nearby college town. A friend and I were talking about the mass transit busses that we have and decided that we want to take a field trip on one to a nearby shopping area. It's only a dollar to ride, and I've never been on a bus like that. So if any of my locals wants to go, just give me a holler. It could be an adventure.

I sat down with the kids and let them see the lesson plan and how everything plots out so far. Everybody seems to be happy with their curriculum and their plans. I hope this will be the best year yet.

Have a great day.