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First Day of School

Today was the first day of school for the boys.  Jaden is now a 5th grader and Jonah is now a 3rd grader.  Here are some photos from their big day!

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I couldn’t resist

I thought those of you who home-school might get a kick out of this.

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Friday at the Olsons

On Fridays, we usually go to a home school co-op where the parents teach different classes to all of the kids.  Due to the holidays though, there is no more “Friday School” until February… so we are having a fun and laid back day today.  We had a late breakfast and added the next [...]

Happy Thanksgiving

Scott took this photo of the boys and I yesterday and I thought it was so cute that I posted it as my Facebook profile picture.  Then one of my friends commented that it looked as though Jaden was choking the dog.  I looked at the picture again and then laughed out loud… for [...]

Some days I love homeschooling!

We had a really fun day of school yesterday.

We got through with our math, handwriting and spelling first thing so that we could move on to the “fun stuff”.  Yesterday, the “fun stuff” began with couch time (history, english, reading).  We’re learning all about George Washington, the Boston Tea Party, and the time [...]