End of the Week Wrap-Up {week 32}

We are quickly counting down the days till the end of our school year. I.am.so.ready. This mama needs a summer break.

Not that I don't have some "summer schoolin' " planned, but it's not the same as the rest of the year. More on that soon!

We have had a busy past few weeks though and our school year is quickly winding down. Besides our regular "book" work, here's some of what we've been up to lately.

We attended the Lego Kid Fest in Nashville. I can't believe I haven't had a chance to sit down and tell you all about it yet! I promise to do that this week and share TONS of pics. This was an amazing event! If this show is coming anywhere near you I highly recommend going!

We took a (very) short spring break trip to Myrtle Beach. To be honest, it wasn't even close to one of our better trips. The weather was cooler than we would have liked and ...Mr. B was not having a good travel week (travel isn't really his thing anyway). We ended up coming home a day early. I think our fave part of the trip was the day we drove back and stopped at 2 large bookstores...lol

This past Friday we visited the Nashville Symphony with our homeschool group. They were featuring chamber music and it was a great performance. Their student programs really are enjoyable and educational. We love them!

And that catches us up to this week!

I plan for us to officially wrap our '14-'15 school year by May 29th. So this month we'll be focused on our goal!

How about you? If you homeschool, do you plan to finish soon and take the summer off or do you school year round?

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