Kindergarten Graduate

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Nora is officially a First Grader now! We are so proud of her! She worked really hard this year and finished her books in record time. She is a diligent and very talkative student whose special talent is memorizing poetry. She loves it!

It is bittersweet for me as a mom because Kindergarten has always been my favorite. I loved being in Kindergarten myself, I loved being the Kindergarten classroom helper when I was in 3rd grade, I loved walking my little brother to his Kindergarten classroom when I was in the 8th grade, I loved it when the older kids were in Kindergarten in Catholic school, I loved being playground mom to other people’s Kindergarten children, and I loved teaching it at home to the youngest 4. I’m proud of all we have accomplished, but also a little sad to close this chapter of homeschooling.
Bobby worked hard all year, too! He is an early riser, and so we often got his school work done for the day before the other kids were even awake. He is great at math, memorizing poetry and Latin vocabulary, and is very proud of himself for finishing his cursive handwriting book (he is NOT a fan of cursive).
Kelly is officially a 5th grader! Can’t believe it! Kelly is a blessing to this sometimes tired teacher. She always comes to the table cheerfully and finishes her work with a smile and without complaint. She has worked hard all year and has made great strides in reading this year (she inherited her Dad’s dyslexia). She is awesome at Math and has never missed an answer in catechism! Her favorite poem of 4th grade is Spring by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Great job, guys!
To celebrate, we drove into town, passing these lovely pansies while we walked from the car to the store…
…and got ice cream! We got rained on a little, but no one cared. Hurray for the end of the grade school year! Now we just have to get to the end of the middle and high school year…I think it may be a while. Colleen and Maggie both finished their online classes this week, and are done with a few of their subjects. Now to finish the rest…I think we’ve got about 3 weeks to go.
This is in Waterville, where we parked the car for ice cream. It was windy and had just begun to rain.
Early Thursday morning. The days are getting really long, and I can’t seem to stay asleep once the sun is up. I enjoy some coffee and catch up on work while the house is still quiet. Mary is on her way to us and arrives tomorrow, so there’s much to get done today! Can’t wait to see her 🙂
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We're a homeschooling family of eight - five girls and three boys. Our children are ages 20, 19, 17, 15, 12, 10, 7, and 5. We will be living in Ireland for the next six months, and then going to Tennessee! This blog is a documentation of our travels. Enjoy!! :)

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  2. Congratulations to all of you! Hey Bobby….Third grade is my favorite! : ) Good luck to all of you in your new grades!

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  3. Wahhhhh!! I’m so sad too! Mary is going to be doing some preschool and it’s killing me! I hate when babies grow up! PS Nora was a hit with my sister! They all were!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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