School year started

Summer is over and I can't believe that my little boy is a FIRST GRADER now. It's bitter sweet to see him so grown, with new responsibilities upon him. There was absolutely no doubt that we should continue home schooling this year. I feel much more confident and I get great support from our home option school which D. continues to visit every week. This year we got to pick 5 subjects. It made things easier for me, because I can follow curriculum that is used in "specialty classes" such as science and history (two that proved the most challenging for me two plan during Kindergarten).

There was a lot of adjustments for the past two weeks, getting on the regular schedule, putting all lesson plans together etc, but we made it so far.

The month of September will be dedicated to the study of Ancient Egypt, Brazil (D.'s pick for culture/geography) and Animal Kingdom for science).
We started Ancient Egypt today, I plan to prepare a .pdf file with all the stuff that we will be doing and I will also post our activities as we go through them.

Checking in

This week is rather rough. My parents have left and now safely arrived to Motherland. I realized how used I got to having help at home and that getting back to being on my own with kids all days and most nights is not quite smooth, but manageable.
Our main activity this week is adjustment, however we managed to talk about weather a little bit, D. watched Eyewitness Weather DVD  , I'm planning a visit to National Center for Atmospheric Research sometimes soon.
We did go to our favorite zoo and got a little ambush surprise on the way there- crazy Coloradan weather being crazy. D. was fascinated, it was a nice guessing game will we freeze to death what would it be like when we finally reach our destination (we were dressed in summer clothes too), but it turned out to be a gorgeous day with some sneaky drizzles:)

I need to get our new old routine established (no more sleep ins for me, woe) , get meals planned, figure out our new budget...and it's almost time to plan for next year's homeschooling (books are loaned by our co-op and I have to make my selection soon enough)...

Lion King

One of the best theater experiences for me was "Lion King" Broadway Musical, that me and hubby saw long before we had kids. I was in tears the whole time- it was magic.
In November Lion King comes to Denver, I'm seriously considering buying tickets for us and D. now, least we miss it.