April Happenings, Part 2

 

Our April ended as full as it began!

A friend snapped this picture for me of Katherine at co-op. One of the best things about homeschooling with this community is the social skills learned from interacting with kids of all ages. Katherine and Willow received guitar lessons from a high schooler one afternoon. 

While Matt and I were in Columbus, we weren't the only ones having fun. Nathan joined the other middle schoolers in our homeschool group for a Capture the Flag tournament. Such a fun afternoon for them!

Samuel asked to make pancakes for breakfast one morning, and that kid doesn't do anything halfway. Look at his "Honey" pancake!

Chandra and I share a birthday month and two months later, we were finally able to celebrate together with Leslie and Erica (and our husbands). Coordinating four full schedules takes some time! It was worth the wait to spend the evening visiting and laughing with such dear friends. 

While Katherine and Laura were together one afternoon, they performed a whole show from the Sound of Music. Those girls are adorably hilarious. 

Mindy asked Erica and I to keep her girls for a week, while she, Brandon, and Carter went to Washington D.C. for Carter's sixth grade trip. We happily agreed and had a fun week together. 

Erica and I tag teamed for the week, and they were staying with us on Sunday and got to go to church with us. Church is always more fun with friends. 

Even though we had a lot of fun, we still worked some on school. 

As we were driving home from Trail Life and American Heritage Girls one evening, the girls all started singing together. It was precious. 

We also spent an afternoon at the Breedens enjoying popsicles and plenty of sunshine. 

Honey is always surprising us. I walked into the office one afternoon and found her in the chair. 

While Addalie and Langley were with us, we also spent some time in Kidsboro with the neighborhood gang. Elisabeth made a broom!

And you'll always find Samuel making something in the dirt and trees at Kidsboro. 

The end of April also meant the end of co-op for the year. In science class they celebrated the last day with an animal party. 

The Middle School Science class divided into groups and created Rube Goldberg machines for an end of the year project.

Although we're sad for the end of co-op, we are definitely ready for summer!

Katheirne's Elementary PE crew!

And her Fun Class friends. She had the best year with the sweetest kids. 

Elisabeth ended her Crazy Concoctions class by making melted crayon bookmarks. 

The last day the Evetts were with us were supposed to include a safari field trip. Unfortunately, it was rained out, so that left us with a free day to play!

Of course, that included a show that turned into a movie filmed and edited by Nathan. These kids are not short on creativity or personality. 

They also had enough time to bake some cookies. 

For their last night with us, Erica and I planned a girly pizza and movie night. They enjoyed a popcorn bar and watched Wonka. It was the perfect ending to an awesome week with some of our favorite friends. 

Katherine and Elisabeth's sweet friend from church was performing as Jasmine in Aladdin Jr, and of course we had to go watch her. She did an incredible job! It was a great evening of theater. And now my girls are begging to be in a show like Aubree. 

Whew! What a busy month full of great memories.