Not Back To School

Yesterday was our homeschool group's annual Not-Back-To-School Picnic at a nearby park. It had poured down rain for most of the morning, but then let up about 30 minutes before we were scheduled to be there. As is usually the case for homeschoolers, most folks arrived at least 45 minutes after the scheduled start time. :P FOUR HOURS LATER most of us were still there, and I finally had to call it a day and gather the kids up to make a stop by the library.

While we were at parkday, one of the moms thought she saw deer in the wetland area that's fenced off next to the playground. Sure enough, we went over and there were two of them nibbling on the grass. Most of the moms and kids eventually made it over to go watch these deer from a distance of only 25 feet or so away. What a great way for all of us to spend the first day of school! ;P

Last night I survived my first meeting as president of our homeschool group. It seemed to go okay for just winging it, though next time I'm planning an open discussion, I'll actually prepare questions ahead of time, just in case! I was nervous for most of the meeting - first nervous that we weren't going to fill up all our time, then nervous that we were going to go over before everyone had a chance to talk. We ended right when we were supposed to be out of the room, which meant we were over by about 5-10 minutes. If I'd started on time, it would have been perfect! ;P