Those Crazy Andersons

Jul. 17, 2007

Monday

We had a great first day of school! Math is everyone's favorite subject, at least now that we've switched over to Math-U-See. Even little Kate likes to watch the DVD and play with the blocks. Yesterday while watching a lesson she pulled out paper and crayons. When I asked her what she was drawing, she said, "This is a unit. It's very important."

Here are the kids all excited and ready. In case you noticed, I let them pick out their own clothes. We're going to have to work on that matching thing...

You can probably also tell that Kate has just brushed her teeth by herself. If the wet neck doesn't give it away, the big blob of blue on her tank top sure will.

In the afternoon we got outside and played with some badminton rackets that our friend Mrs. Pat bought the kids. It took the kids quite a while to get the hang of it.

Our first casualty!

After that, I taught Lily how to do a cartwheel. (And was surprised to learn that I still could!) I got a video of it, but haven't yet figured out how to upload that. Of course, while I was doing that, Kate un-planted the marigolds on the porch and we had to re-plant them.

That one keeps me on my toes!

I'm off to see what the second day of school has in store!

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Jul. 17, 2007 - school fun

Posted by short

We do our best to do school year round. It suits us much better. The first year we took a break and trying to get them back into routine was like pulling teeth. I think you are doing a great job and you do so well at blogging, I am not that diligent. Keep up the good work :-)

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Jul. 18, 2007 - Wow!

Posted by thosecrazyandersons

Thank you for such sweet words!

Yes, we tried to take a break this summer, but my kiddos just did not do well without a routine. It was hard to get them to stop yesterday. LOL!

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Jul. 21, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anissa

HI! This is my first visit to your blog. My children also pick out their own clothing and sometimes I have to stop myself from making suggestions about their choices. I noticed on your profile that your bday is April 14. Mine too! However, you are a bit younger than I am. 40 is getting really close and scary. Have a great day. I will enjoy visiting you again.
Anissa

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Jul. 23, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by socalval

Good Morning. I wanted to stop by and say hello. Hope you're having a good day.

Valerie

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Jul. 28, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Diane

Sounds like a great first day!!!!!!! :)

Glad they like their new math program. I want to get something different than Horizons as I feel it goes too fast, but my son likes it, so I'm sticking with it. I liked what I saw of Math-U-See.

Thanks for visiting me today. You can get music on your blog as well, it's really quick and easy. :)

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