is summer over? it was 101 degrees at my parents house yesterday. that's how much we love them. we leave the (also hot but not nearly so bad) beach town we live in to visit my beloved family in east county (everytime i say east county i think "what! what!").
all my kids are home now. paxton started off the school year at the charter school but after a week he decided to do homeschool. although i like so many people there, and was sad it meant i wouldn't get to see them as often, i was very happy about his decision. it's been really fun to have everyone home for school again.
speaking of homeschool...we just had our first ever san diego unschooling conference the other weekend. it was an awesome event full of playing, listening to inspiring speakers, making new friends, swimming and dancing. my kids had so much fun and caleb and i were encouraged and challenged. unfortunately i have zero pictures from the weekend. lots were taken by others but i don't have them on my computer. charis and i did dye our hair pink for the wild times.
i got to spend an evening with emily james recently. i really liked that.
we are loving our new unschooling co-op. every other firday we meet at a beatiful park and have multiple activity options for the kids. everything is optional but everything is available. it's the way learning should be in my opinion. here a few pictures from it.
the kids made a volcano out of dough, and then put explosive ingredients in it. pretty cool.
another activity was a rat dissection. look at paxton's face. this mom had been saving this rat in her freezer. i don't think i could do that.
charis decided she wants to take clarinet lessons. good think my sister happens to be a professional clarinetist. so when she's driving through town she going to give her a lesson.
pax wanted a turn too.
and of course jonas...
