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Nanny and Grammy came by and took their annual picture with the kids.
Only Nanny just took a picture of the kids and not with them.

Carlie, Makena, and Trey were pumped for their first day of homeschool!

Carlie watching her Bible video

See how happy he is :)
Makes me happy too!!

For his Science class we made a living flower exhibit.

Here it is with the flowers in it.  He made it himself, I only supervised!
This is something that he definitely wouldn't have gotten to do in school.
He enjoyed it a lot. 

Well, we made it!! Our first day of homeschool was a success.  We had a few minor technical difficulties first thing this morning with Carlie's computer not wanting to play her video's but other than that it went smoothly. The kids seemed to enjoy it.  We talked about their video teachers and the kids in their classes as well as one teacher that Makena thought was "adorkable" --her words, not mine!
The girls had homework (which they finished right after they were done watching videos for the day) but Trey will not have any until next week. He does have a couple of small quizzes this week.  The girls have quizzes almost everyday for the rest of the week!  ABeka is a tough curriculum but I wouldn't have it any other way!  I know that even though we don't have to take a standardized test (according to Arkansas state law), they will test above grade level on just about every subject.
Anyway, it has been a great day and we can't wait to see what tomorrow holds!

Much Love,
Beth

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