A Day Out

We live in the prettiest place, but we haven't spent too much time hiking here.  Life feels very busy especially now that we've added baseball to the mix.  It took up half of our fall and all of our spring.  Caden didn't have a baseball game on Saturday and the weather begging us to get outside.  Dan planned us a couple mile hike to a waterfall.  Unfortunately, it was Memorial Day weekend and the weather begged everyone else to get out too.  The parking lot we wanted to park in was full, as was the next parking lot.  Once we finally found parking, our hike was about 5 miles round trip.  The downhill all the way to the waterfall was fun.  The uphill back was not!

Last Day of School

May 22nd was our official last day of school.  We technically had a few more days to hit 180, but we started reading and math before our first official day of school.  We also haven't taken a single sick day and didn't have a single snow day.  I think we are good.  We celebrated with a little art project and a silly string fight.  Let summer begin!

Now, if only our neighborhood friends were out of school too.  I've heard the "b" word a lot lately (bored, not that other b word).

Field Day the Home School Way

The last week in April and first week in May was all about test preparation for the kids' standardized tests.  Once that was over, I decided we needed a little fun reward.  Regular schools do field day with games and playing in the hot sun.  I decided we needed some playing and water in a climate controlled building :).  Massasnutten Resort water park is about 40 minutes from our house.  It's been on my list of things to do.  Dan took the day off and we had a wonderful family time sliding, swimming, and just being together.  Now that I know how convenient it is, we will definitely take advantage next school year when we need a break.

I just found out testing didn't go as well as I had hoped.  It's very discouraging to compare how the kids did all year and the progress I feel like we made to the test results.  A couple of kids will be retesting next week to see if the scores were a fluke :(.

My Bug Jar Quilt

I thought I had until the 21st, but last Friday, I learned I ha to have this quilt finished by the 14th. Yikes. I worked all weekend and many hours yesterday to get it finished. I love it. I had some tension/thread issues, but washing it hid all of those. There's all sorts of different quilting patterns on the jars and I tried to add special touches like the dragon flies quilted on the wall, the frayed edges of the plant, the spider in his web, and the little mouse hanging out on the floor. I can't wait to give it to Mrs. P on Thursday.