Mariposa Academy Homeschool

Apologies for my bloggy neglect. I don’t know what’s up with me. Maybe it’s because things are going smoothly and we’re just homeschooling along with nothing much to report. Maybe it’s because I’ve been too into shorter-format media like Facebook and Twitter (you can follow me on the latter, if you’d like. My username is Mamasnark. One of these days I’ll get it integrated with this blog). Anyway…

Yesterday was Adrian’s birthday. In what’s become a family tradition, he took off from work and we all went out to the movies. When Llani asked him what he wanted to see, he said, “Whatever you kids want to see.” Because that’s the kind of dad Adrian is. And of course we had to see something kid-safe anyway. So here’s what we saw:

I loved it. I swear. I want to buy the soundtrack. Mock me if you will.

The kids and I got Adrian an ice cream maker for his birthday.

He said now he can’t wait to go to the farmers’ market and get fresh local fruit to make ice cream with… so I guess I know what we’re doing tomorrow morning. Yay!

Who has a genius child? Yep, that’s right, me! Llani took her state-mandated annual test today, and did amazingly, remarkably well. Y’all, my eight-year-old second-grader is reading at a tenth-grade level. Tenth grade, y’all! Like a fifteen-year-old! She is at grade level in math, and significantly above grade level in everything else. I am so proud of her…. and so glad we homeschool.