My Weekly Notebook: a llama, drive-ins, and April is home

Life this week...

We had a fun week. April came home from school (U of O) so we played. A lot. We have a list of things to do while she's here and so little time to do them, so why wait?

Homeschool this week (summer edition)...

No formal lessons this week. It was also the last week of check-ins for our charter. Yay! I am hoping we can get some more natural learning in over the summer. I also have to decide on the curriculum and plans for the coming school year.

Mom-school last week...

I didn't get to any mom school this week. I felt it too! I need to just sit down and do some studying each day. It really helps me regain my focus. 

Helpful homeschool tips and advice to share...

I highly recommend this homeschool planner, Well Planned Day. I have been using it for years. I took a break last year and tried a different one, but didn't like the different one so now I'm back to this one! I loved getting this in the mail this week. I'm ready to start filling it in for July.

 

Places we're going and people we're seeing...

So many places!

We went to...

...Defy! (an extreme sports fun place)

Alex jumping on the high-tension trampoline at Defy

...The Park 

We finally got to use our new cornhole game at the park this week!

  ...the library for a summer fun/reading kick-off party

This is Caesar the no-drama-llama at the library summer kick-off party, ready to give hugs.

BJ the clown show at the library summer kick-off party.

...the drive-in to see the new Jurassic World movie

It was sprinkling a bit when we got there, but it stopped soon after and it was dry the rest of the night, thankfully! We brought sandwiches for dinner while we waited for the sun to go down.

Waiting for the movie took a long time! Almost 3 hours to be exact.

Finally, show time! We loved the retro drive-in messages and ads.

Something I accomplished...

A mini 100-piece puzzle. It was not as easy as I thought it would be for a 100-piecer!

 

What we're reading...

I finished The Hunger Games this week. I have mixed feelings about the book. It was hard to read because of the plot. I just couldn't imagine living in that kind of world. Overall it was a good book though.

Movies/TV we watched... 

We finally made it to the first episode of Stranger Things season 4. I have to say it kinda scared me. Way creepier.

Games we played...

Sunday night we finally got around to playing a few board games. We played scrabble and this new game (that April wanted for her birthday) that's Coco themed, Remember Me Loteria. It's like bingo.

 

I'm grateful for...

The 2 dozen roses that I received from Michele for our 23rd anniversary.