The temperature this week has dipped -- yesterday it didn't even get higher than the 80's! --making us think maybe it was actually just about Fall time, so it was perfect for our "back to school" week. Our first official day of the 2011-2012 school year was yesterday (Tuesday), so on Monday night we had our traditional "Treasure Hunt" in which the kids hunted around (and destroyed) the living room, looking for all the new treaures we'd be using this year.
One of the biggest hits was the new electric pencil sharpener. (I'm pretty sure Cole and Milo view it as an instrument for a science experiment: how many things can be inserted in the little hole before either it or Mom blows up?)
Afterwards, Pete gave a little impromptu lesson (using the new blow-up globe) on the geography of Europe, and specifically Moldova, so the kids can better understand where we'll be going in a few months.
But they were bright and bushy-tailed the next morning anyway, all with school shirts donned, ready for the new schedule. We tried to take our annual picture on the front steps, but no one was cooperating because apparently the sun was just sooooooo bright.
After we said the Pledge of Allegiance and sang a few songs...
... we we were ready to start the academic stuff. Don't I have such cute students?
If anyone wants to see more of how I'm trying to be organized for this school year, including a description of what this document is,
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