General, rambling update...

Today was the first day the kids went back to the charter school for classes - Elf had Art and then Gardening, while Fairy had Gardening, and then Arts/Crafts/Stories.

Fairy knew a lot of the kids in her class from last year, while Elf knew only a couple of the kids in his. Two boys from last year were not returning this year, and his best-at-class buddy was MIA today. But, he quickly made friends with the new boy, and by break time, they were chatting away like old friends!

In homeschooling news, we've been (mostly) plugging along. I am having second thoughts about Fairy and Oak Meadow's first grade, and am thinking I could easily blend that in for her - the charter school has it, so I could get ahold of it by next week. I really do like the look of Oak Meadow for 4th grade (and up), and may have Elf go back to it then. 2nd and 3rd grades are where neither was thrilled with the book list, etc. Hmmmm.....

And just to wrap things up for today, here are some pics from our camping/backpacking trip in June!