first day of school

I already posted that Wednesday was our first day of school, but, since peeps are always asking me what a homeschool day "looks" like, I thought I'd update with a few photos.

Kellen and Wyatt are stoked about their new laptops for doing work. 

The first day of school is always "pajama day."  Awe, who am I kidding?  Half our school days are pajama days. 

Elliott was helping me teach from her mini whiteboard.  She was in a very butterfly-ish mood that day.

I have to show you some of the classroom revisions I'm so stoked about.  Come on girls - which of us hasn't complained about the boring, fashionless options available for office supplies?  My friend Amye wrote a very thoughtful article once for DICTA (the Knoxville Bar Association's monthly mag) in which she decried the lack of choices, and how the pale manila folder doesn't do favors for any girl's complexion.  Well, ladies, Hobby Lobby heard our cries.

You can't really see them all in these pics, but I got notepads, an accordian file, file folders, a notecard holder (which actually holds our curriculum CDs), cork board push pins and even a coffee cup, and they all coordinate with the fabric I bought (also at Hobby Lobby) to make the table cloth.  I used some matching dot ribbon to cover the ugly aluminum trim around our big whiteboard and to trim our cork bulletin board.   Add 2 tubes of coordinating acrylic paint to give some new life to Elliott's old whiteboard easel and for our school letters, and voila, our classroom makeover!

Three cheers for GCDS!