Our Hundredth Day

 Today was a big day in our first grade year.

It was our 100th day of school.  I don't remember this ceremonial event when I was in school, but I think in these younger grades it's a way to reinforce place value and counting.  This year we had been adding numbered 'gumballs' to our 'machine' on the wall.  Now we will start counting down until the end of the year, and we have a real gumball machine with 80 gumballs so we can watch the days whittle away one ball at a time.  

I am so incredibly proud of this child.  I admire him.  Having these years with him has been incredible, and even during the tougher moments I am so glad we decided to make the decision to homeschool.

We went out to lunch at his favorite place.  

He deserved it. 

The Past Few Weeks

Dave gets to keep the fantasy football trophy for the year

 It's been awhile since I have blogged.  No idea why, but it seems like the last time I did was just a minute ago.  Time is just slipping by too quickly.

some times you just want to sleep in and eat pancakes on a Thursday 

 We've come down from the holiday hustle and bustle with a wonderful new comfortable pace.   School is going well and the house feels clean and calm.  We've had great weather the past week or so.  Jacket weather!  I washed my car and the snow is nearly melted.  I love this winter break we are having.  

 While the weather has given us a break from 'winter' we are getting ready for our actual winter break.  I love the flexibility of homeschooling.  I am able to move things around good travel prices.  So next weekend we are flying to Florida to get away from winter, and enjoy some Florida sunshine. (now it'll probably rain while we are there)  We are getting very excited about our upcoming trip!

Everything is good right now.