New School Room

 

We are so excited to have enough room in our new home for our very own school “area”! And because we have enough room, Brett spoiled me by ordering us a brand new table (from Ikea, nonetheless!) that’s big enough for all the kids to sit at and grow with. Now I can strap Abigail in her booster seat while we do school work and she will pose less of a distraction! And I can actually sit down at the table next to them. There are also shelves next to each seat so they can have their own school books right next to them. He also ordered a new cabinet with a door for all our supplies, manipulatives, and paper. Now I can put a small white board up on that cabinet door and we put a new larger white board up on the wall. Voila! A real school room. Our old small white table now serves as a little computer table and extra work space (the desktop works, but is very slow so we haven’t really used it much yet for school). We even have a huge bookshelf to keep all our books. And the play area is right next door, along with our office (and my desk) so we have everything in sight. What a huge blessing! I know we will love it even more as the kids get older and become more independent with their work.

Andrew has been joining in more for school work now that he’s almost 4. I’ve started doing some of the same activities with him that I did with Leah when she was 4. And he’s just as smart! He likes to be able to do his worksheets right alongside his sister, although he’s not as much into the coloring as she was! (We had to use our metal folding chairs a couple days before we got our real chairs in.)

 

 

Meanwhile, my littlest learner is just busy getting into mischief. She is so silly these days! She learned how to take her pants off, so she doesn’t wear any half the time. But she loves shoes. She’s also a daredevil. She doesn’t mind falling down once or twice if it means she gets to try something her brother & sister can do.

 

In other news, we found a cool park to play at. It’s at the elementary school in town, less than 1/2 mile from our house. (Of course we probably can’t play there once school starts again, but it will be something different for the summer). They have a fun little playhouse and lots of rocks to dig in. Plus, the kids learned a few things about baseball, soccer, basketball, and even tetherball!