Back to School!

Yesterday was the official first full day back to school for Isabella and Brook.

Isabella began her sophomore year in high school yesterday.  How can this be??  It seems like yesterday when I began homeschooling her kindergarten.  She had a good first day back, almost like she never left :).  She was out the door at 6:20 for her bus pick up and arrived home at 3:50.  So she is gone 10 1/2 hours every day.  Then, she had homework in geometry, read a chapter of a book...in Spanish, and read and answered questions in Biology.  The teachers don't waste anytime with homework! 

Brook began her 1st day of 7th grade yesterday at the Bridges academy, aka, homeschool.  Brook decided in the spring she wanted to be homeschooled again, and we all quickly decided this was the right choice.  She hasn't changed her mind at any point.  She actually didn't feel too great Sunday night and woke up with quite a bit congestion Monday morning, so even if she weren't homeschooled, she would have probably stayed home the first day of school.  She had a good day back for the most part.  It will take a few days to get back in a routine of school at home, but she stayed pretty busy today doing school from 9-2:45, with a lunch break.   

This is the lesson plans we are tackling with Brook this week.

Since we missed the awards ceremony at the end of school in May (we left early and came on to the states), the girls received their awards last week.  

Brook received an extra recognition for being an alumni of the school and also a certificate for reading 35 books last school year.

In spite of Isabella's homework, our family went to Crepes and Waffles for dinner (Isabella's choice) for our back-to-school dinner.

We have a team meeting today, so Brook will go with us and do school work there, so we are already being flexible with this schedule.  

Day 2, here we come!!