Our First Day - Let the Games Begin!

Yesterday marked our third year of homeschooling.  Even though we school at home, every first day of school is still so exciting.  I could never sleep the night before school as a child--my stomach was always in knots.  And most of the time I had pink foam rollers in my hair so that made for an uncomfortable sleep too.  And for some odd reason I can tell you the outfit I wore on every first day starting in the 4th grade.  Weird.

Pancakes are a first day of school tradition since we started homeschooling.  I found the BEST recipe. These are so good, friends.  So good.

2 Cups flour

3 TBSP sugar

1 tsp salt

2 TBSP baking powder

2 eggs {beat them separately before adding to mixture}

1/4 C melted butter

1 3/4 C milk

*I use my 1/4 measuring cup and it yields about 15-18 pancakes*

I love my Cake Boss mixing bowls.  The hubs got these for me on my birthday two years ago.  They're just so cute!

Praying for a great first day and a fruitful year :-)

And Jude got to taste his first sip of coffee.  Not really.  

 2nd and 4th grade--YAY!  God has blessed us with some really handsome boys. Gee wiz!

And it was Baby Jude's first official day too :)

And, of course, Rusty the Sheepdog....

Jude did so good the first half of school before he had his first morning nap.  Such a happy boy!

This is my new favorite thing this year.  Simply Charlotte Mason has a Learning about Birds lesson plan guide that uses everything you see below {plus Blacky the Crow by Burgess}. LOVE this resource.  So for lesson one, the boys used the Birds of Texas field guide to find a house wren.  We looked at the wren and read a little bit about them.  Next I read Chapter One out of the Burgess Bird Book for Children as they colored the house wren on page 24 in the Fifty Favorite Birds Coloring Book. If you don't have any Burgess books in your collection at home, they are a must have!  Such precious little books.

Here's to another great start to another great homeschool year!

Blessings!