Summer is here!
You can tell by the camper and by the butterflies!
If only we were done school!
Oh well, we will finish off this Middle Ages unit whenever it gets done - and then we will have a break before fall. I can't feel too bad about working a little into July if need be - we've had lots of time off this year, a week when friends came to visit - twice!, a month or so at Christmas...I have actually always thought about doing a year-round school model. You know, do school in 6 week sessions with a week or two off after each session - with a little longer break at Christmas and summer. There were a couple of year-round schools that operated like this in Calgary, and it makes a lot of sense. Who really needs 9 weeks off??? It is so hard to get started again with a break like that! It might be better to take 4 weeks off and have the couple of weeks before and a couple of weeks after be 4 day weeks...something to consider anyway.

So yes, we finished off the Ancient Romans, and have moved on to the Middle Ages - just let me tell you - if you are looking for a good book to read aloud to your kids, try the Bronze Bow - it was so great...I can hardly wait to read it again when Amelia and Abbey are older!
Here are some pictures of the girls with their egg-shell mosiacs that they made...




They turned out pretty good.

This unit already has some cool stuff happening - we are growing herbs, and doing science experiments with pinto beans (plants is the focus obviously). We have made bread, soup and Olivia will be starting some calligraphy this week. We are reading aloud The Door in the Wall - which so far is pretty good. The girls will be memorizing smaller sections of scripture in this unit - and Olivia is working on the most commonly misspelled words and letter writing in Language Arts...so watch your mailboxes!

Please pray for Greg's job situation and Abbey has a cardiologist appointment this week as well! Blessings!