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We had a short week due to Labor Day, but it was a busy week! We went to the library, worked on our weather station for science, had extra play time with Daddy (who took extra time off), and even went out to dinner one night.

We build our own  "Geoppolis" to go with the story. First we drew roads on a large sheet of paper (packing paper from a box of books, actually) and then we used MegaBloks and other odds and ends for buildings. It was a pretty cool city! We practiced mapping by drawing the same roads on a smaller sheet of paper and marking where the buildings were.

Friday we went to a game night with other homeschoolers. There weren't very many participants, but again I was struck with how well behaved they all were. The older kids let Teddy play along with their geography game, even though he couldn't read most of it (he won by accident anyway, the first round, so one of the kids paired up with him for the second!) and another girl played with Maddy with the train set. It was held at a local homeschool store, so after eating with the kids, I was left to myself to browse the books ... fun all around! I hope for a better turn-out next time, but it was a great evening for us.

Sunday was Promotion Sunday at our church, and the kids were assigned to their new classes. As a new first grader, Ted received his very own children's Bible which he'll use weekly in Sunday School. Already he's loving his new class and his fantastic new teachers.