Nooooooooooo!

"Noooooooo! No! No, no, no! I don't WANT to go back to school todaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!"

The screaming and crying this morning was almost unbearable. But I finally pulled myself together and was able to wake Holly and Trevor up to start the day.

This has been a bomb of a school year for us. (But I honestly have to wonder if I always think that at this time of year.) This year has never gelled for us like in years past, where we've always crammed as much as possible in over the first few months, so that we could slow down and relax a little when the post-Christmas winter doldrums hit.

I'd planned a one week Christmas break. Ours lasted three. And after such a long break, there's no way we can jump back into school with two feet. I've scheduled an "ease-back-into-it" kind of week.

We stopped reading Tabitha (our Advent story) and will read several chapters a day this week to finish on Friday.

Trevor's Christmas photo journal died a sudden death when school stopped. He's decided to take photos of his gifts and write about those instead.

After attempting to tackle Henty and read In Freedom's Cause (about Scotland's liberation from England in the 1300s), I finally gave Holly the good news today: We've stopped reading it. This was NOT a fun book to read.

Holly's science lab from our last week of school still is not completed, so it goes on this week's schedule.

As much as I love Artistic Pursuits (and will review eventually), Holly continues to loathe it. I've tossed that aside too, allowing her to keep her own Project 365 blog. I'm determined to count something for art this year . . . and we've really wanted her to get back into photography, even without an instructor.

To top it off, we hit 67 degrees today. We almost broke out the bathing suits. It was a good end to a day that didn't look so bright at the beginning. I'm just hoping we can make it through four more this week.

:)