Field Trip Time!!

Our first field trip this year was to visit the LA County Fair! We went last year with school but of course was on a time table to get the kids back to school by the end of the day. One HUGE benefit of homeschooling and having such a small group of great kids and parents is that we don't HAVE to be anywhere by anytime! Most of the children had at least one parent go with them so it was more of a family event. We got to see a cow milking demonstration, the kids got to milk a goat, see lots and lots of animals, see a dinosaur exhibit, see a pirate show, play dress up in a fairy tale land, etc etc etc. So much fun! ALL before the fair was even open to the public! Then we got a chance to go on our own and either do ride, check out more exhibits or whatever we wanted! The weather had been REALLY hot but God blessed the day with cooler weather. What a perfect day!

Kassel and his friend per petting the babies.

Kaitlyn and Kassel in the petting a feeding zoo. Kaitlyn wasn't too into it this time. Maybe she remembers being freaked out when a hungry goat almost knocked her down last year to get the food! Kassel did pretty well feeding them.


The kids milking a goat.


What the...?!?!

Cute group pictures...


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Gotta love the wood cut outs for the kids faces! Too funny!!





TBC....

Homeschool-One month down!

Where did the past month go? It's already October! Seriously its all a blur! So much has happened this past month! We started school which in itself was a huge event! Kassel's first day of school, Kaitlyn's first day of first grade, my first day teaching, all of our first day of homeschooling! It was a blast! As I stated before we are not doing the traditional homeschooling. We are using a virtual academy, CAVA in conjunction with K 12. Its a mixture of hands on learning along with virtual education. Its all state mandated, funded etc. It IS a public school but yet were homeschooling! If that wasn't enough on my plate we have a small classroom with 8 students (not counting the Jr highers!) A friend of mine and I are teaching the kids in a a very small classroom setting using the K12 program. We have 2 preschoolers, 2 kinders and 4 first graders.
The first day of school just went by in a blink, but we all had fun! Kaitlyn and Kassel were so excited to start school!



Getting settled in the classroom and catching up with friends. Can you feel the excitement in the air?


School is in session. We start the morning with pledges and prayer and then on Monday mornings we have Bible. Starting with worship songs.

Here's our cute folders we made for each of the kids. I love the cute little backpack rack.


I plan on taking pictures of each of the kids each month to see how they have grown and to show the seasons. Here is our "school pictures" for September.



And the best part of homeschooling..... We go swimming!!!


More to come soon!