A Fresh Start....Sort Of.

Ahhhhh...the smell of new pencils, notebooks, and sawdust of course!  So begins my September.  We have started our new school year with a bang and a whine.  I have been trying really hard to get organized, get a schedule, get sane.  It is kind of working, except for the morning mania...which then results in nothing getting done.  Then all my chores are still left and there goes our school for the morning.  Also, exercise is now the key to feeling better, at least that is what my doctor said.  So I have to squeeze in 1 Hour a day and do housework and teach the kids, and shave my legs.  Ok....Now I know this is possible, but I don't seem to do it very well. 


Ok, well some things have been done for my school year.  We have made the first two color boxes from the Montessori curriculum.  Also, the long red rods are done and so are the miniature number rods.  Phew.  It was many painful minutes of sawing with my miter saw and flying sawdust everywhere.  The kids kept rescuing the pieces as they fell off the porch into the mud.  They are not painted yet, and so far when not being used for school(which is never) they are used as bludgeoning weapons.  Grand.

Bell helping to make the 2nd Color Box

My little Bell really enjoys her sandpaper letters and cutting and making jewelry with her bead kit I got.  

She also likes to sew and do her workbook pages.  Little Tiri enjoys bothering her sister, and sometimes eating crayons.  She will do some activies like the little number rods.  She likes to line them up.  Marble transfer is a new favorite, and she has only eaten two marbles so far....

It is great to watch her little brain work and her tiny hands do their important work.She is also a climber so most of my school morning is spent keeping her off the counters and her windowsills.   I need to get one of those cat climbers for her so she can climb something she is allowed on.  My oldest is doing good in school, with a little trouble here and there.  He is testing the waters while dealing with his stuff we just discovered he has going on in his brilliant little brain.  That is a post in itself though!  So I will try to post more often, in case anyone is interested!  =)