The official new school year is getting close. Next Monday is the first day of school. Nichole has been working on her math for the last several weeks so she is ahead of the game in math. She has touched on a few of the other subjects, but I am just letting her do what she wants in each subject until Monday. My goal this week is to get somewhat organized before Monday. Here is a list of my goals for this week:

Clean my bedroom
Go through our (mom & dad's) clothes for yard sale
Convert Jamie-Lynn's crib into the toddler bed
Clean kitchen cabinets
Clean oven
School shopping for Erik
Get all laundry done

We need to take a trip to the library to get some books for Jamie-Lynn with a cow theme for her first week of letter of the week. I am very excited to begin this with her! Erik needs to finish his book, Tuesday's with Morrrie for his summer reading. Nichole is finishing up one of her Dear America books and we are still trying to finish Helen Keller. I am thinking about taking a break from Helen Keller (since it is a little difficult to read) and starting the Little House series with Nichole. Helen Keller is very interesting, it is just a bit hard to read. Well I am sure that I will have lots to post in the next upcoming weeks as we "officially" begin our homeschooling journey!!