First Day of School Walk Through the Years

With Emily just starting her senior year, I had fun going through and pulling out a photo from each of her first day of school pix!

First Day of School

 

Three teenagers.

Three different school options.

Three different starting dates.

It has been a busy month getting everyone back to school! But, we are getting into a new routine and Lord willing, this will be a great year for our three students!

Emily is a junior at our local Classical Christian school. She is thriving in this environment and we are so grateful that this is an option for her.

Rachel is homeschooling as a sophomore - she is doing great at managing her time and schoolwork on mostly on her own. We created our own combination of things for her in an effort to land in a place that feeds her spirit more and works with her personality. She and a friend do two classes together on Fridays that I lead - currently we are doing an art history class and a Jane Austen class. It is so fun!

Samuel is in 8th grade and adjusting to a hybrid cottage school which means he goes to school two days per week and comes home with work to do the other three days. It has been a little bumpy getting into a groove, but he is making progress and adjusting!

Here are some pictures from our school beginnings! I ordered the adorable cookies from a local baker.

First Day of School

Well, we started school! It was probably the least prepared and planned for first day of school in our house - but now we are over a week in and I'm glad we just jumped in and did the next thing! Emily had her first day of CC already and the other two will have had theirs by the time this posts. 

I told all three we might not even have our special first day of school breakfast this year and I was feeling a little sad about that. But I surrendered that to the Lord and just rested in letting it be what it would be. That morning I woke up super early so I had fun setting up a sweet table after all!

Finishing School

This is our last week of school - we are almost to our 180 days of school required and we are ready for the summer pause! This week we have been working through a couple of the last big things including Rachel participating in an online Mock Trial with her CC class and standardized testing for all three!

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous and we've enjoyed eating outside, going for walks, etc. I am thankful for the blessing of such lovely weather to enjoy!

I am also looking forward to May Day coming up this Friday and delivering some beauty!