All of Our Many Goings-On Lately

Where in the world has April gone?!? Wasn't Easter just last week?! This month has really flown by. As I began wrapping up this past week, I realized it's been about a month since I did a wrap-up. Oops! It's just been that busy around here.

It's been a great month of homeschooling! We've stayed on schedule, finished our last co-op until fall, had Spring Break, and more!

Us all at Pizza Hut using our Book-It coupons!

The sweet notes that The Princess wrote and sent with us to open

on our anniversary getaway (their spring break).

The Princess writing her final essay for her unit on

The Sign of the Beaver.

Mr. B learning via Reading Eggs.

Incorporating some Lego fun into school

A science project (it didn't turn out, but we had fun anyway)

a sample from our co-op art exhibit

(more on that later)

visiting the Rainforest Cafe on a family fun day

helping build the Lego Sponge Bob at the new Lego store in Nashville

(who cares if we don't like Sponge Bob, we're huge Lego fans!)

having a shockingly fun at a science exhibit in the Opry Mills Mall

getting a hands-on demonstration of the earth/moon's rotation

a quick visit to my fave used book store in Nashville

And now it is time to begin another week. We still have quite a few days of our '11-'12 school year left, but that's okay. It's been a great year!

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