We only have a couple of weeks left before we leave California.  Yesterday was back to school to keep things as routine as possible.  At the end of the month it will be pack up and drive up to Oregon.  Our new home for the next few months.

It was a wonderful day yesterday. There was so much rain.  It felt good to get back on the school routine again.  No more sleeping in but up at 7:40 to bathe, get clothes on, get Frank’s clothes out, lunch making, and breakfast making.  Then that blissful 45 minutes or so to have my breakfast, do my reading and writing, enjoy my coffee, and then homeschooling with Sam.

Yesterday Sam and I learned about Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton.  We read, answered questions, had discussions, and watched informative videos.  All the learning materials, the pencil boxes, the notebooks, the calendars and clipboards, tucked away in our large red laundry basket.

At 3:00 it was time to end the homeschool day and head off to go pick up Frank at school.  It was still pouring.  I passed the time reading The Promise by Chaim Potok, enjoying the warmth and dry of our little old car.

Yup,  a typical school day at the Collen house, at least until the end of the month!