Helping Daddy Around the House

On the trip home from the family reunion, we stopped in Cincinnati to meet Mom and Dad Waggoner to get some school desks from them.  I requested that we stop at IKEA so I could pick up a cabinet for my office (it's tough to find a tall, skinny cabinet to hold my tripods and stands, but IKEA delivered!).  The next day, Nathan assembled it for me, with a little help of course.

poor Reni was coming down with a runny nose, hence, the open mouth

Reni mimics EVERYTHING he sees and hears, so this wasn't a big surprise

A few of you read my Twitter feed at the top of the blog and caught a tweet that alluded to our change in plans regarding Ellie's education this year.  Yes, we are joining the ranks of homeschoolers!  There is a little storage room in the center that hasn't really been utilized for a while (other than a place to hold clean guestroom linens and the occasional pantry items prior to a big event). We thought it would be a perfect little classroom, a place outside of our apartment with fewer distractions.  We cleaned it out, patched the walls, and put up a new coat of paint.  Ellie was anxious to help and went and found this paint smock to show she was dressed appropriately.

The room still has a long ways to go, but it's coming together!  We're still waiting on the books (ordered more than 2 weeks ago), so until they arrive, we can't start school.  Additionally, because the program we are using is mostly online, we can't begin until September 6 when online lesson plans and e-books are released. Thus there hasn't been the urgency to finish the room, though the hard part is behind us!  We just need to hang the dry-erase board, curtains, find some floor lamps, add a plant and hang some artwork!