Usually we wipe down our camping equipment and then put it away for the year. I enlist my helpers for this.
Many hands make light work!
School books arrived in the mail. The kids just dive right in and start reading them. I take that as a good sign.
Nathan in the workshop--getting some last fun in before school starts up in earnest.
My plum. Was. Delicious. It took years to grow, which is why it was super sweet. Actually there were three. And they were all really good. I think. I only tried two of them. But I was told that the third one was amazing.
Matthew in the garage.
Evelyn getting some crafting done.
School has begun now. We couldn't put it off forever. We did push it off until Sep 13 at least. :) Evelyn has her own desk in her bedroom now.
Daniel at his desk. Both him and Evelyn said they plan to keep their curtains shut so that they can concentrate. It turns out you can get distracted when they are shut too, but it probably helps.
Jennifer delivering her schoolwork.
Matthew getting organized on our new typing program.
More garage time! Did you get all your schoolwork done first Matthew?
The kids love piling up their math on me, because they know I love marking their work. (Truthfully I'm happy when they bring their math down, because it means they've been getting some work done. :) )
Evelyn has a reading chair in her room. So she likes to sit there undisturbed and do her reading.
Daniel working hard.
Matthew working hard. Although I don't know about his typing. He somehow manages to work through the programs with minimal improvement.
We started using Duolingo for our second language learning. Jennifer is so into this that she does her Dutch on Saturdays as well. Because they have motivational things for learning so many days in a row, and you get moved up into higher and higher leagues. She is like a Duolingo addict now. :p
Jennifer laying on her floor with books all around her. Maybe she thinks if she smiles and distracts me, I won't be irritated that there are books all over her floor.
Melanie added a custom message for a baby shower gift. It's an inside joke, involving some confusion over Melanie's name and some actual Elly, for a family who will be moving away to Hamilton shortly. With their brand new baby girl.
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