This morning was great. Both girls jumped up out of bed an hour early, eager to do school work. The first thing out of Alison's mouth was "Can I dry erase". Emily wanted to do science first. Yay! Both worked hard all morning and had a great time. Did beautifully on everything and no fights. Off to a great start. If only every day could be like that!

And So it Begins

A new school year and quite a year it will be I suspect. Emily is now a 3rd grader working mostly on a 5th grade level. Alison is a preschooler. She's not quite 4 and well into Kindergarten work. She will be reading before too long.
We begin the year with a trip to Eastman Nature Center for a monarch butterfly tagging workshop. Very cool. Hard to believe such a tiny creature can fly clear to Mexico. Just Emily for this workshop but Alison was home having a granmd time helping Daddy treasure hunt with the metal detector.