Trip to the Locks

We went to the Ballard Locks in June but there were very few fish and I felt jipped...so we made another trip in late July. It was just me and the kids and we had a great time!


My favorite part was watching this huge fishing vessel rise up in the locks. Caley took pictures with her (non-working) phone and got some great shots of salmon.

Counting Down

School is scheduled to begin in 3.5 weeks! I have a start date of September 7, the Tuesday after Labor Day. I am planning on making our primary instruction days Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. On weeks in which Monday is a holiday, however, I'm planning on squeezing in instruction (math and reading) on Tuesday afternoons. Tuesdays and Thursdays are the days we are usually out of the house with women's group and groceries/errands. Tuesdays and Thursdays will also become the day we will most likely do playgroup/playdates, storytime, and reading at the retirement home.

I caught the homeschooling bug yesterday at the Mukilteo District Surplus sale. Imagine if you will a gym full of boxes and boxes of textbooks and library books. Most items were 5/$1. It was like Disneyland for me! Here is our stash, which we got for a grand total of $10!!

If you look closely you'll see 3 or 4 Little House books, which makes our collection complete, 2 Roald Dahl books, several biographies, several literature study guides, some fun "kid" books, some DISTAR method reading books like the phonics book we've been using, and a Husker Du board game!

Bring on the school year!