Not Back to School Day

OUT IN THE GREAT WIDE OPEN: Today, my Facebook feed was full of adorable photos of friends' and family's kids heading back to school. I loved seeing the pics, and for about two seconds I wondered if we're charted on the right course, but today was a great day and based on the kids and their learning journeys so far, I'm thinking we're OK. ...

While CJ and Annabelle have never done the traditional Monday-Friday thing school wise, for many years we have been a part of co-ops and affiliated with official public school systems over the years. This year, however, we're totally "off the grid," so to speak. On our own. 

So what did our first day of 'school' look like?

Well, we worked on a pretty darn big home project (installing four new windows on the home front). 
Once we got to a good stopping point today, we headed to a local park that is usually hella busy, and we kind of avoid it for that reason. Today? Crickets ... and water fowl. :)

While at the lake, Annabelle found the time to do an art, of course.

I love her unicorn sandscape.

Afterward, we went on a meander up the hill and found ourselves at a Goodwill store. 

There, our scores included an amazing vintage Snoopy touch tone phone from 1976. I have wanted to own one for 42 years. Today was the day! Lucky me!

CJ looked for vinyl (records) but found none, but he did try on this creepy Kim Jong Un "Rocket Boy" mask.

 Terrifying, really.

All in all, just a normal day for MPA, really.