We have revamped the schoolroom again.

View from the kitchen in:

Bookcases with various ref books and soon to use curriculum:

craft and art supplies:

more supplies :

the table..we have now removed the cloth ( the cats were getting to much hair on it and we added red seat cushions)

my whiteboard and other supplies:

TM’s:

each of the kids cubbies and then various bins of topic specific books:

science supplies:

more bins of topic specific books along with games, science kits etc:

Our trampoline..hugely helpful with Taejans excess energy:

We have a new schooling structure being put in place as well. I will post more on that soon.

Life has been ..well hectic as always. Sports, more sports..working 2 jobs..Eric working 60+ a week..among other life changes.

I don’t have time or desire to go back thru the last few months and update everything..so here are 2 new pictures of the 3 youngest kiddos ( Noah is now working a full time job at the same machine shop that Eric is a mold maker at..so we rarely see him. He is starting his life as an adult now).:

At the local lake the other day:

and up on Mount Greylock the same day:

here’s Noah and his girlfriend at prom back in June:

We have a very long vacation coming up and then we are back to schooling full time. This year we have some changes and I am vowing to at the least to a weekly round up!

I think my ability to blog is gone.. it’s all good though..no one reads anymore..because I don’t blog..LOL.

I was this close to buying one of the colorful, expensive toy sorting cases for Taejan’s room.. he’s the only kid left with toys and since he LOVES blocks..well there are blocks everywhere. Then the other day we were at a friends for our new co-op and I was inspired by how she has her school room laid out. I formulated a way to make it work for me in the school room and in Taejan’s room!

Off to the store today..were I was met with outrageous prices for simple, small bins. sigh.. So we were on our way out of the store when we cae upon dishpans.. simple 12qt BLACK dishpans..for less than $2 each!! I grabbed 8 ( in theory 4 for Taejan and 4 for the school room.. at least to get started) and then I grabbed some metallic FX crayons ( chalk would have been good too but I didn’t want anything that would wipe right off) and went to work!

Supplies:

And what we ended up with..

and one this far for the school room..many more will follow!

The 3 kids have all completed their CAT full battery tests.. I just mailed em back to FLO.. We are officially on a 6 week break!!