this makes me smile

i didn't even catch it at first~ actually, i think Jeff first noticed why this picture was "smile-worthy".  then, i decided it was blog-worthy.  moments of academic life and homework with six can be daunting.  draining.  repetitive.  and i don't even homeschool.  things like never-ending passages from boring less than stimulating readers and french vocabulary that seems unending~ plus, all the little tricks we come up with to remember "un" or "une" and "le" or "la"....stuff like that, you know.   so, thankfully, there are bright spots which make it fun to leaf through finished school work that makes its way home in backpacks.  i love seeing the things the younger boys put in their "blank spaces" on work sheets.  it is a small window opened to their thoughts and preferences.

this particular grade 1 project was on making posters.  it was a project with rough drafts and content/detail requirements.  attached to the poster was the working layout and draft, that quite honestly, appears to have been a challenge for AJ.  he needed help with the planning stages of his poster.  that's ok.  he got it done...

i love the final result, however.  i love AJ's great progress this year!  he is reading, he is showing a great interest in science, he is learning the dynamics of friendships, he is spelling and learning the discipline of preparation for tests.  he is tearing it up on school track events and taking great joy in his running abilities...it is all good.  he has come through a tough first year of full-time school and overall i'm so pleased with his growth. 

best of all~ "free basketballs~ $2.00"
yep, i'm sooo gonna miss this....