School Days

The next week after Grace's ballet class started, Zane started first grade homeschool! I have to admit that I was a bit apprehensive at first, seeing as my mom was such a great teacher, but we are settling in nicely. And I have discovered that I LOVE to teach! Zane is already doing wonderfully, and he looks forward to school every morning :)

This morning was our first library adventure day. I packed a surprise picnic lunch for us and off we went! We ate at the library park and the kids played for awhile on the playground there. Then we used our tree identification fanbook and walked all over the library grounds looking at and comparing the different types of trees, studying the leaves, and reading about each one and it's purpose. Way fun! Then it was time to start teaching Zane how to find books in the library. We had so much fun that Grace is sawing some serious logs, and Zane is now having some lego down time.






The squirrels were gathering all the acorns from the oak trees, and they looked so cute with their mouths stuffed full of nuts! Too bad they don't pose well...




These are all Ranger Rick Nature Science books I bought used from the library. They have a section now where they put books that are too old or that have newer versions, and you can take whatever you want and just leave a donation in a jar! Rock on! Couple bucks for fun nature books? I'll take it ;)

Ballet

Grace loves all things ballet and princess, and dances around the house pretending to be a ballerina. So, when our church announced that professional ballet teachers wanted to offer classes at no cost for church members, we couldn't pass it up! Grace will now be attending weekly classes for the entire school year :) Yay God!!!

Tonight was her first class, which she was a little nervous for. Thankfully, some of her friends from wee church are in the same class! Too bad they kicked all the parents out once class started, I didn't get any pictures of her actually dancing. Apparently, at this age having mommy and daddy oooh and ahhh over every cute thing their child does, is a huge distraction. I'm not convinced. sigh. Ok, pictures!


Checking in and ready to go!




She was a little nervous that we had to leave her.


Getting started.


She was radiant when we picked her up, she had such a wonderful time!


She gave us a little demonstration for what she learned in class.

When we picked her up, Teacher Hannah absolutely raved about Gracie's dancing skills, and told us that she is very much looking forward to working with her this year. I'm a very proud Mama right now :)

Casa Bonita

Since Dad has been here we haven't taken too many pics. Either the camera is dead or we think about it too late! But meeting the Barrientezes at Casa Bonita last night was a good opportunity :) Here's what I got!

PS. Mom, I'm hoping to get a really good one of Dad, Zane, and Grace together before he leaves Friday. We will send pics home with Dad too!

Thank you Nana and Papa Miller!