Week One :)

We finished our first week back and things went well :)

Jacob completed his first week in Math-U-See and started his tutoring once again. Both activities are well underway and he has slid back into things quite well!

We won't be starting our full curriculum until September but I wanted to have started something prior to that so we wouldn't have such a jolt to the system. So far so good!!

I also wanted to share this picture as the event made me realize just how much he has grown, I felt a little teary eyed watching him. Being a parent is fantastical :)

Helping Grampa with the yard :)

Algonquin Park

We just finished our last big outing of the summer, Algonquin Park. Thanks to our friend Tracy (who provided us with some great info about where to stay and things to see), we had a wonderful time at Kearney Lake! Much like Tracy said it was a well kept, low key spot that provided enough privacy to feel like you were really 'camping'!. We've only done KOA's up to this point and we will most likely not go back after our recent trip.

We had many highlights but I think overall we loved being outdoors, the children were so relaxed! I couldn't get over how 'zen' they were, and totally not needing to be entertained. The moose on our first day was exciting for us all and the trails in the area were outstanding!

Either way here are a few pictures from our trip:

Our home away from home

Mr. Monkey at the lake

The Moose

The view from our site...ahhhh :)

The children's reason for camping...marshmallows!

Beaver Pond Trail, our first trail of the trip

Beaver Lodge

Myself and my girl :)

The kiddos and dad

An extremely friendly chipmunk...we did not feed him but he most certainly was checking us out to be sure LOL

The view from up top!

No fish were harmed (or caught) during our stay LOL

Proudly posing with his first fire built by himself...

Our last trail of our stay, Wiskey Rapids, they kiddos really liked it here!

A most excellent family adventure :)

Getting underway!

We are on our last week of summer break and will start our homeschooling year next week. I have to say I'm feeling mixed emotions about getting started again. I'm happy to get back to our routine and feeling more peaceful about things this year (having a year under my belt now).

I would say though I'm having a hard time switching gears and am not feeling as invigorated as I had hoped after summer break. I feeling a little mentally sluggish, not quite commited to the cause just yet...Not sure if it was those weeks of the children attending camp and the peacefulness of 'me' time that's causing the lack of umph.

Either way I'm hoping I'm not the only homeschooling parent out there who faces the new school year with an ounce of good and an ounce of UGH LOL I'm sure once we return to the routine things will work themselves out.

In the meantime I'll continue prepping things and enjoy our last hurrah of the summer at Algonquin Park.

Stay tuned....