The past couple of days have really felt like fall! Sometimes where we live it's still summer at this time, but this year I'm so thankful for the cool weather that gets me so excited about the magic of this time of year. Miles and I enjoyed a nature walk today and seeing mallard ducks, along with LOTS of turtles and some cranes. It was so nice to do all this and feel the gentle, cool breeze. What a blessing!
Below is a collage I did today using digital scrapbooking files from shabbyprincess.com. This is MY kind of scrapbooking--no getting out tons of supplies that I later have to put back up, or attaching something that later I decide I don't like and not being able to move it. Sometimes I love technology. Anyway, the photos are from almost 3 years ago, from my favorite of the family sessions we've had done. I can't believe it's been so long. He looks so much more like a baby in these images than he does now!
Well, this week marked two firsts for Miles. On Monday, he started kindergarten at the Sonlight program, then on Tuesday, we started our homeschool. He loved Sonlight and even made a new friend, Corbin. His teacher, Mrs. Wilson, gave him a Hershey's Kiss for good behavior all day. I walked him in in the morning and then went in to his classroom in the afternoon to take a few photos and pick him up. But if I want to, I can drop him off and pick him up without ever having to leave my car! They have teachers there to walk the children to the door, and some to walk them to the car in the afternoon. I have a car tag to hang on my rear-view mirror with a number and Miles's name on it so they know I'm there to pick him up. Also, I'll soon be given a card to swipe to get into the children's area if I ever need to come in during the day. I'm impressed by the precautions they take to keep the children safe.
A close-up of Miles's custom backpack, designed by Mommy! 
Our first week of homeschool was great! I had so much fun printing out all the activities for Miles's lessons. We studied robots this week. I read a few robot storybooks to him, as well as went over the definition of a robot, parts of a robot and things robots can do. Miles colored robots, colored robots, practiced handwriting by writing things robots can do, and even built a robot! We also studied Genesis 1 and learned all about the days of creation and did various activities related to it. The other subject we did was Mandarin Chinese. I checked out a video from our library that teaches Mandarin to kids and we watched it together. On Friday, we went to a local park for a "Naturalist Club" program sponsored by the City of Denton Parks and Recreation. We learned about the life cycle of butterflies and Miles got to make a caterpillar and butterfly. Then we took a walk on a nature trail and learned to identify poison ivy (which, I'm ashamed to admit, I didn't already know).
Working on a robot collage:
Building a robot:
This is serious stuff!
In Miles's own words, "The coolest robot ever!!!"
His robot "lapbook".
My proud kindergartener:
Wow, we did a lot this week!
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