September

I'm super behind on blogging.  Well, I guess i just took a break without realizing it.  The annual month of our summer spent in the Southwest without access to internet is to blame.  I want to catch up on all of that in another post.  Right now I just want to jump right in to where we are now: three weeks into a new school year.

Upon arrival home, we were behind on all of our fall sports and activity sign-up.  After a couple frantic days, we were up and running.  Ballet didn't start until this week, which gave me a couple weeks to "just" get in the groove with football (Bilbo), soccer (Rosie and Legolas), choir (Galadriel and Rosie), piano (Galadriel and Bilbo), and violin (new this year for Rosie and Legolas).

 

If that sounds like a lot, notice that none of my first three are in anything.  Soccer and football will be over soon, as the seasons are short (like, 6 weeks).  So, all we'll be left with is the music an ballet.



In the schoolroom we had other issues, namely, our 3 1/2 year old aquarium.  It wasn't a happy place. This picture is taken as it had *begun* to clear out.  I bought all new "guts" (filtration system) and now it's looking beautiful again!  But "phew!"--because a murky aquarium (40 gallons worth of mirk) is not a pleasant addition to anyone's study environment!

Bilbo conducted one of his first experiments in science, learning about density.

The egg is more dense than water, but salt changes the density!

I'm working on finding my "groove" in the schoolroom, bouncing between the needs of my littles and finding time to check that my older students are keeping up with their lesson plans.  I'm not saying it's been perfect, but we're up and rolling.  So that's something!

So much more to expound upon, and absolutely no more time!  This installment will have to hold us over until my next unjustifiable break on the computer!  Happy September!