Getting back into the routine.

This week was kind of divided by our trip. We were in Cincy on Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday, I was so tired I declared it a "snow day" although really it was our labor day holiday because Monday and Tuesday we were doing educational things and those days counted as field trips; 2 of the 10 noninstructional days Kentucky allows

Anyway, these 2 days we've been back doing school have been good quality days. We've been studying the pre-Revolutionary War period of American history. We read the Magic Tree House book about Thanksgiving. We also did a mini-unit study called Rose of the Mayflower that I got from the Homeschool Estore, which included a discussion about why salt water is not good to bathe in. We're doing a science experiment to grow salt crystals. Our daughter has been enjoying writing in cursive this year and has been doing a lot of copywork by her choice. She hated cursive last year, so this is a nice change. Youngest son has finally had something click in reading and read his first chapter book yesterday - one of ones in the Ricky Ricotta series.

Oldest son is still plodding through the 2 subjects from Alpha Omega he didn't finish last year; Language Arts and Science. Honestly, I don't think it is his fault he's so slow at these. The Language Arts book, when I open it and start reading, just makes my brain numb. It's confusing and annoying. Still, he's on book 5 of 10 and he's going to have to finish it. His other subjects, Algebra from Key Curriculum Press, Computer Basics from Christian Light and American History are going well.

The picture is from a park near Cincinnati that is a farm with a petting zoo and playground. We were there Tuesday.