Live a Meaningful Life

August 6, 2015 First Day (4th grade and K) August 1, 2013 First Day (2nd grade and 3 yr. old) I can't believe it has been 3 years! John Gannon worked on 4th grade objectives (that we jointly created) at home this year while Jackson went to public school (kindergarten). Jackson had a great experience at school but will be homeschooling in first grade. He has been wanting to homeschool since about October but I told him he had to finish the school year. As a matter of fact, the days we have been home in the summer he has insisted he needed to do some school... He has no idea what "summer break" is! Anyway,  I am slowly introducing him to the type of work he will be doing. So far, he is loving it and takes the ideas and creates new ways of doing the same thing! I hope he keeps all this motivation :) As for John this year, he accomplished more than I ever thought. Here is a quick review: Reading The beauty of getting to read wherever you want! O

We packed up the camper and headed south to Biloxi this past Saturday. Our main purpose was for the boys to attend a week of summer camp at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies. We camped in Biloxi at Southern Comfort Camping Resort. Our friends, the Morris's, camped right beside us! John Gannon, Jackson and three of their homeschool friends attended the camp and loved it. They got to do all kinds of things like: shrimping on a shrimp boat, fishing on a pontoon where the Gulf and the MS River meet, going to Ship Island, dissecting fish, seeing/learning about dolphins and all other marine animals, seining in the Gulf, etc. I only have a couple of pictures-I let John take the camera one day and Jackson took it the next day. Here are the results: John had this picture taken and the rest were "usies" with his friends :) Jackson obviously took pictures of the friends he made and his teachers.  Here is John, Jackson, and Zowie--ready for the