Estep Express: Sunshine !!!!

We have had beautiful weather this week and have totally taken advantage of being able to get out during the day ! With the time change and the extra activity our week has flown by. I am definitely getting the end of the school year syndrome. I keep looking at our curriculum and counting how many lessons we have to go to finish or in some cases where a good ending point would be to start up next fall.
Another realization has kicked in though. One that is not going to be popular :) Everyone is at a critical point in math. Carson is mastering multiplication, Zane will be starting Algebra in HS & Zoe has some catching up to do . So..... we will be having some math this summer & reading. Nothing heavy but I would hate to drop everything for 3 months. I'd rather start the fall being ahead in both subjects.
Zane had his first HS information meeting this week. I'm really glad we went because he had kept telling us it was pointless and that he had already made up his mind. Well.... that may not be the case now.He has the choice between 2 local HS because of the way the 2 districts overlap. Both have a different set-up. One is a traditional HS and one is a STEM school. The meeting for the other HS is next Friday. At that point we will way the pros & cons of both & PRAY. I can't believe we are going to have a freshman in HS and kindergartener next year . OY!!!!
The other 3 will still be at home. I've already been planning for that in my head :) But I know 1 thing for sure and that is that we will not being doing the online school. I'm glad we tried it but it's just not for us.
Here's some of the fun this week......