Back to school!

C and A started school last week. Big A doesn't start college for another few weeks. Today was the start of our Homeschooling year. The day got off to a rocky start, as the house was a mess and that had to be dealt with. Also I lost the signs for our picture taking extravaganza, finally finding them in the "safe place" in which I had hidden them. 

Once we got past those little kinks we proceeded to have a really good day. We started the day by having the kiddos work in their journals and on making a cover page for their binders. Then we all went outside and took pictures.  We then read aloud from "trumpet of the swans" and did a history lesson. We broke for lunch, and then had an hour of DEAR time. (drop everything and read) The rest of the day is theirs to pursue their own interests. We omitted language arts and math today but we hope to get to those subjects tomorrow. Here are the pictures that I took.