Last Day of School for 2018-2019!

Despite all the CRAZY that was this year for the Wright family – complete with ER jaunts, hospital stays, doctor appointments, prayers, biopsies, surgeries, more doctor appointments, glasses of wine, time with family, playdates with friends, sporting events, piano recitals, trips, prayers, and SO MUCH MORE.

We made it.  The Dayspring Academy 2018-2019 school year is in the books.  And I’m pretty sure we learned and grew a bit.

From the first day

To the last!

Wrapping up this year feels especially momentous because it’s also the END OF AN ERA.  I get weepy just thinking about it, but this marked my LAST baby’s LAST day of preschool!  (sob!)

The Little Sir had such a blast at Chapel Hill Bible Preschool over the past two years.

(He’s in a swimsuit in *ecstatic* anticipation of “Water Day”)

We’ve been so immensely thankful for all of the love and encouragement the Little Sir has received.  What a Godsend preschool teachers are!

(The Little Sir with Miss Jenny and Miss Holly, Superheros of patience and creativity…and super-cool Chinese lessons and science projects!)

The Little Mister and Little Miss also had great teachers this year (besides their very own Awesome-And-Fabulous-MAMA-Teacher).

They loved every minute of Science Class at Deerstream with Mrs. Kendall and Mrs. Brown.

(Even hot and sweaty after Field Day!)

And they adored their Tutors (and my dear buddies) in our Classical Conversations co-op!  Mrs. Sanchez and Mrs. Syfrett, and ALL of the CC Tutors, are the best!

Phew.

It’s been a year.  Quite a year.

A year that I think we learned a whole lot more about GOD and FAITH and COMMUNITY than we did about reading, writing and math.

But learn we did.  (And don’t worry, Grandmas and Grandpas, the Littles all still aced their EOG assessments.)

Hallelujah.

And HELLO SUMMER!

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CC Field Day!

As a homeschooling family, we are a part of the loveliest, most fun, most encouraging co-op…our South Durham Classical Conversations Community.  We’ve learned so much and gone on so many great adventures with this group.  Our CC family is truly our Homeschool Tribe.

We ended our CC school year in May with a crazy, fun, HOT, energetic, sweaty, HOT, hilarious, HOT field day at Herndon Park.  Did I mention it was HOT?

(Note the red Mama face…this was after the family relay race.  I may have run as fast as I could urge my old-Mama-legs to go.  Because Julie.  I can’t help myself.)

And so fun.

I loved watching my kids each find their stride – literally – and rock it in their races.  Their long legs and insatiable thirsts for MOVEMENT definitely paid off.

Here’s my 400M race winner for the 4-5 year olds…

And my 100M dash winner for the 7-8 year olds…

Their (highly competitive) Mama may have been jumping up and down and cheering at the tippy top of her lungs during their races.  And then tearing up as I saw them cross the finish line, faces glowing with pride and triumph.

Maybe.

Like I said, I couldn’t (can’t!) help myself.

It was such a great day with great challenges and great people, all of whom we love so much.

Even if it was HOT.

Did I mention yet that it was HOT?

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Spring Trip North

It was April.  Life was busy.  And as every parent knows, with school year activities coming to an end, life was getting far busier by the minute.  What better time for a…

CRAZY MESSY HOUSE PROJECT!

Yep.  Because that’s how we Wrights role.

HARDCORE.
TO THE MAX.
And POSSIBLY LACKING IN COMMON SENSE OR IMPULSE CONTROL.

And with poor Daddy Mike (heretofore known as “The Labor”) consumed with said project dreamed up by Mama Julie (otherwise known as “Management”), what better time for a…

ROADTRIP! 

That’s right.  We were northern bound….with Annapolis and Philadelphia in our sights.

And a LOT of 95 traffic in between.  Grrrrrr.

But we’ll put up with (most) anything for the chance to see these Hooligans.

Even Uncle Willy showed up!  That’s a very special treat.

Even if he is a Hairy Mongrel.

We even got the chance to be there to celebrate Nena’s birthday.  She’s one lucky gal to have so much ENTHUSIASM for turning another year older!

Baffled by the whole one-candle-silliness, the Littles are strategizing how we can fit ALL of her candles on the cake for next year’s fesitivites.

The Fire Brigade may need to be on speed dial.

Before our Little Crew drove up to Philly, we had a few additional days in Annapolis when MEAN MOMMY made the kids do schoolwork.  It was…shall we say…rough.  There may have been tears.  And some hootin’.  And hollerin’.  But we persevered and ended each school day with a fun field trip.

So maybe, oh sweet children of mine, life ain’t all that bad…

Ecological hike along the Chesapeake

Maryland Farm Trip

Cheseapeake Bay Foundation Nature Preserve

I sent this photo below to my Honey so he wouldn’t forget me.  Or his tasklist.  HA!

Ahhhh…it’s good to be a kid.

Then we topped off the trip with a quick jaunt to Philadelphia.  There we got to participate in a Nature Study with the Garecht cousins, and go to their Art Show.

Suffice to say, we LOVE our cousins.  They’re crazy.

Just like us.

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