Happy New Year!

We have had a nice long vacation!  We spent a week at home with my family and a week in Nashville with David's family.  Today, our Spanish school was off for teacher inservice so we did the same.  We took down the last 10% of Christmas decorations that seem to hide until January, organized the school room, cleaned out some closets, played with new toys, and had a playdate with good old friends!

Before we start back up in the morning, I thought I would share some of the fun things the Smithey Science Academy got for Christmas!  We are looking forward to using them soon.  Can I say how much I love the fact that my kids love getting a science kit (with a rainbow and crystals on the box, to be fair) as much as a princess toy?  Love it.  It's the first thing Zoe wants to do in homeschool.

Creative Color Cubes  and Science Kit - thanks Nonnie and Papaw!

Amazing Art stuff and coloring book - thanks Grana!

Rainbow Game - thanks Santa!

Magnatiles - thanks Mommy and Daddy!

Inchimals - thanks Mommy! (a teacher store find, but it still counts)

Beautiful lacing beads - thanks Aunt Suzanne and Uncle David!