First day of "Short School"

It was a blessed morning!  We all woke up in a good mood, ready for our first day of school!!!

We started off with reading some of Proverbs 19 and the verse that we picked as our "verse of the day" was verse 11... "The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger; And it is his glory to pass over a transgression."  Wow, that's a good one for a kiddo to memorize.  We talked about not loosing our temper with each other and about forgiving each other when we do something that offends.  Good way to start the day.

Then we brought out the craft supplies and started "Tanzania School".  We learned about the colors of the flag and what they stand for - green for the land and agriculture, yellow for the mineral wealth, black for the people, blue for the ocean.  We also learned the names of the 4 Presidents of the country.  Then, we learned how to count from zero to ten in Swahili, super fun asking them that the rest of the day.

We did some preschool with Sissi, she loved it and didn't want to stop.  Gwangi did an excellent job picking up with his reading lessons and Krypto didn't get any wrong on his math drills, Yahoo!  Krypto read the first chapter of "Sir Knight of the Splendid Way" and we talked about how it's an allegory of our Christian walk with the Lord.  We made correlations between the paige with our childhood and time before we know the Lord, and then when he decides to find the "way" and the older Knights that have been before him.  We talked about the time in the chapel and the visions he has and how the Light was Jesus walking with us during all of our trials.  It was neat and he didn't want to stop at Chapter 1!

This is how I dream of school being, each and every day...excited and peaceful kids and so many connections being made!  What a fabulous start to our year!!!!

Got some shopping done for the new house, down at Slipway, later in the morning.  Then got a birthday cake for Sissi tomorrow at Fairy Delights ;), it's a Black Forest cake!!!!!  Then picked up a trailer with some stuff from the AG Mission.  Less than 2 weeks now, we'll be moving in!

Working on the covers of our "Tanzania Lapbooks"

So ends the first day of "Short School"