The temperatures have dropped to the mid-80s, the leaves are beginning to change colors and white, fluffy stuff (cotton, that is) is scattered by the roadsides. These signs mean only one thing here in north Mississippi...fall is here! This has been our busiest season yet. Clara is playing soccer for the first time (Benji elected to be a fan this time around), she continued taking an art class that started in the summer and resumed violin lessons with Mr. Bell. We've also joined a national homeschool group called Classical Conversations that meets each Tuesday morning in Oxford with 26 other families. The kids have really enjoyed being in small classes with other kids their ages, giving presentations to their classes on different topics each week and memorizing a history timeline along with science, math and english facts. They also do an art and science experiment each week together.
Here are some of the highlights, in pictures:
Clara ready to play in her first soccer game
Benji and Clara helped with a "Sweet Shoppe" fundraiser for their
youth group at Charleston's "Gateway to the Delta" festival a few weeks ago.
Practice, practice, practice...& learning to read notes instead of just playing by ear :)
Benji picks his favorite pumpkin on a field trip to Cedar Hill Farm in Hernando, MS
Benji's best pal, Julius, joins us on the rides at the Tallahatchie County Fair
During a Mississippi Symphony rehearsal of Mahler's 5th symphony
(I'm back there on the right side in front of the bass section)
'Tis the season--cotton harvest!
1 comment:
You all have been busy! I especially like the picture in a cotton field :-)
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