Emily's first days of school!!

Emily is making new friends and enjoying our schooling at home with Sonlight. She's reading too!!!! She's in the beginning stages, but she's reading ~20 sentences a day or more. I have books with short stories in them that do a lot of rhyming or changing only one letter, etc. She practiced her -at words today along with learning the 'th' sound for The and That. She's even writing sentences through copywork. She's so proud of herself. Her favorite part is science. We tried to make our own rainbow today but the sun didn't cooperate very well for us. She has also decided she's going to build a money machine for daddy. She drew her plans for the machine and says once it's build his employees and visitor will simply put their money in it and then he won't have to go to work anymore! Smart girl, huh? If only life was that simple. Perhaps she will invent something some day and will simply have people investing in it so she doesn't have to work again. :-)

Our Summer Vacation and Visit to MD/DE

We played a little mini golf in an indoor under the sea course.

We enjoyed some time on the beach too.

Ocean City Boardwalk - Fun on Rides Emily and Kayson

Walking back to our car with Nan
The girls went out for an afternoon of tea...
Rehobeth Beach Boardwalk ~ Fun on the Rides!! A little battle with the straws while we wait for our pizza!

A trip on the kayak at Mom Mom and Bob Bob's house.
Emily and Luke enjoy some time sitting on the SOFT grass at Pop Pop and Nan's house.
Emily plays her first game of chess with daddy during our stay at Mom Mom and Bob Bob's house. Luke enjoys a little piano time (after waiting patiently for Emily to give him a turn).
A little band time at the Hick's home.

Parasailers over the bay.
A couple of sail boats on the bay.
We even did a little crabbing!! That was quite the experience. Flying kites with Pop-Pop.

Enjoying the beach! (Below is Emily and Keith embracing some waves.)

We had a great time!