A big issue around here this year was when to start school. With Labour Day being so late it was a toss up with the school board as to whether to start after as they usually do or before. The final decision was before. After such an unusually rainy and cool summer it was when the children returned to school that the sun came out. As a home educator we made the not difficult choice to delay
bts (back to school) and go outside to play. We finally made it to the beach the first week of September on a hot, sunny Friday. Will spent the whole time trying to catch some minnows that were swimming in the shallow area. The fact that an hour and a half went past and no catch was made did not deter him from continuing to try. God bless his persistence!
Another reason for the delay was a brief visit by my parents. They were en route to the UK to visit sister
Bekah and her husband Tom (said with a British accent). They flew out of Ottawa but spent a few days with us before taking off. It was fun to have a visit with
Opa and
Oma!
OK, so we finally did get back to business and Will started grade 4. Now that we're back into the swing of things I was pleased that we transitioned from summer so well.
Some of you may be aware of my, let's say, slight obsession with the season of Fall. It's back I couldn't be more thrilled. I've hauled up the 6 boxes of Fall decorations from the basement and carefully placed the items throughout my house. Fall is upon us. AHHHHHHH.......
One of my favorite Fall activities is our yearly trip to the apple orchard. We went to one this year with a corn maze that the kids had fun in until we got lost, hot (because remember it's still hot) and Will had a melt down because he wanted to lead and Daddy took over so we could get out of what was starting to feel like a rat maze. Next year maybe we'll just stick with the apples.
