New Adventure

We have had a crazy couple of weeks!  As always, school got off to a busy start.  New school, friends, routine, and house all in the first week!  We discovered the week before school started that we would need to be moving within the next 60 days.   That kind of news can really throw a "kink" in your plans!  But, we were blessed to find a beautiful condo between the Intracoastal and the beach, and we moved the following weekend!  We love the condo life!  We have had more fun fishing, swimming, and riding our bikes than we ever thought possible!

Seth started this year at Rymfire Elementary and was blessed to have Mrs. Araujo (who goes to our church) as his teacher!

  He did great adjusting to a big school and making friends and he loved Mrs. Araujo!!

Over the first five weeks of school, it became appearant to us that we needed to make some changes to Seth's schooling once again.  After seeking wise counsel and carefully evaluating Seth as a whole, God has led our steps back to home-schooling.   We will be creating a hands-on environment from which Seth will be able to express his creative abilities while learning at the same time.  God has blessed us with several people in our lives who will be helping us along this journey.  Today was Seth's first day of home-school and he could not wait for it to begin.  He was up, dressed and out the door all on his own! 

Seth's first project will be building a desk.  Mr. & Mrs. O have designed his learning for the first week around the creating and constructing of the desk he will be working from.  He was SO excited!  He had to measure for his desk today, then they headed off to Lowes to purchase the needed supplies.  He got his first spellling list today and his words all go with what he will be building.

One of the blessings of home-schooling is it will afford us a more flexible schedule.  One of the things we have struggled with is our family day.  The weekend's are Greg's busiest days and Seth is out of school.  Friday is Greg's day off and Seth is in school.  This Friday will be our first day to spend together in a long time!!  Friday's are now Family Day for us and we look forward to all the wonderful things we will be able to do together.

Another blessing is we get to travel with Daddy!!  Next week we will be heading north for some fall foiliage.  This has created the opportunity for a wonderful unit study on "Fall".  A season we know little about in Florida.  We will get to look at "why" the leaves change colors and fall of the trees.  What brings the cool weather?  Also, we will be doing a leaf study complete with real samples!  We are so excited about this hands-on opportunity that Seth will get to experience and the cooler weather to go with it!


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