In school...

We've continued chugging right along with our schoolwork this summer. Isaac is VERY motivated to move up to "first grade" (whatever THAT means). Hehe. I told him that he's already reading like a first grader, but he is only half way through Kindergarten math. He now wants to finish up his math lessons (13 of them) very quickly. I am not going to let him go too quickly through it. But I'm okay with going at a faster than normal pace, if that's what he wants (and is capable of).

Naomi is excited to be doing Kindergarten work now too! :) Here are some things we've been doing over the past couple of weeks...

Working with sorting colors with Sarah. :)

Forest School Friday!

He's getting better at writing his numbers. :)

Finding (and capturing) crawdads.

She LOVES to feel included!

Physical education (aka GYMNASTICS). :) He's in the orange shirt on the right.

Getting super fast at reading these days!! :)

Working on adding doubles in math.

Working on that silly silent "e"!!

Word families!

Really started working more on sight words again, too.

Both kids seem to enjoy "school" so far. They LOVE learning new things and have a hunger for reading and books. We will continue a very informal schedule probably throughout the next year or two. Right now, it all seems to be working quite well for them and us all. I LOVE homeschooling and wouldn't trade it for the world!! :)

Here's a short video of Naomi reading and sorting the words into word families:

Random pics...fun times...

Enjoying time with Uncle Jason and Aunt Camanda 

Got to see the Repunzel show at the Children's Museum. :)

They love their Uncle Jason!

I'm about 24 weeks now!! :)

We've been keeping busy all summer with all sorts of FUN activities. Keeping busy is the key to my sanity! :) But it is also the key to my back pain. Hehe. Still trying to figure out the balance. :)

Isaac this month...

Who needs brothers when you have friends who like to wrestle? :) 

Some of Isaac's closest friends are the neighbor girls.

SUCH a handsome date!! :)

Challenging daddy to a bridge up competition. :)

Isaac has really taken a liking to gymnastics this month. He's always been decent at it. But since he's been attending a homeschool gymnastics class at a local academy, he's gotten more interested. Beginning next month, he will be enrolled in a regular boys class at the academy. This past week, he learned how to do a roundoff, one-handed cartwheel, and double cartwheel. He has also been working on his handstands. We'll see how long he sticks with it. :)

We cannot seem to shake bug bites this summer. Both of the older two are MAGNETS for them. It's driving them (and us) crazy. They scratch them so badly that they become infected and require antibiotic treatment. Hoping the end of this is soon! Isaac has also really taken off with reading. I am having him read a couple stories to me each day. I will do another post dedicated to school stuff SOON! :)

Naomi in July...

Right before their daddy/daughter date. :)

She LOVES him!!

Highlights for Naomi this month include: getting a haircut and the beginning of sharing rooms with Sarah! The first night was a little rough at the beginning, but aside from that, so far (night 3) it is going VERY well!! :) Here's a (not so great) pic of their room:

Getting behind...AGAIN!

Man. This blogging thing is getting to be so tricky. I want to keep up with it...at least weekly, if not twice a week. But boy am I struggling! How is it really already half-way through the month of July?!? So here is another photo dump from the past few weeks...

Let's start with pics of Sarah. This girl is a GOOBER. She loves exploring different expressions and has LOADS of them. :) Makes life quite fun. ;) Her newest adventures include getting into mommy's purse multiple times a day. Grrrrr! Today, I caught her and said, "WHAT are you DOING?!?" She looked up, smiled, and said, "I wahn bubbow gun!" (translated: "I want bubble gum.") She certainly knows what she wants and how to get it. Hehe.

She says, "I bugged head!" 

Mommy put a little too much peanut butter on her banana!

She caught a bug (an ant, to be exact)!

Okay...that's enough for one post. I'll do other posts for the rest of the pics. :) But as you can see, this Sarah Bear of ours, is a total HAM just oozing with personality!!