We started school this week, a few days after the local public and private schools. It felt a bit chaotic since we only had a week between returning from Oregon and starting school, but I tried to do as much preparation as possible before we left (although I didn't get quite a few things done). This year we have all 5 kids officially in school, with Natalie starting kindergarten. We'll have to have a slightly different routine than we did last year and we're still trying to figure out what that is. Here are the first-day-of-school pictures for each of the kids.
We had our first field trip the weekend before when Austin decided to stop at a historical farm site in Boulder. We are studying modern history (1850-present) this year, so a farm from the early 1900s was perfect. We toured the house and learned all about how the family lived and some of the machines and furniture they had. The kids' favorite part, though, was going to visit the animals- especially the draft horses. The tour guide was extremely nice and even went and brought the horses over to them and let them feed them. We also toured the barns and learned about some of the work. Although the kids have read about this is books many times, it was interesting to see it up close.
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