Top Ten Signs of Spring

10. A little bit of attitude rears it's {ugly} little head:

9. Piles and piles of wet, muddy laundry.

8. Wet shoes.  Wet boots.  Wet socks.  Wet flip flops.  We're down to bare feet.

7.  "Who invented math anyway?  I need to talk to him."
Yes, some of us are bitter about the remaining math lessons.

6.  The pressure is on to finish the HIGH Day (homeschool co-op) Yearbook.   A huge shout out to the amazing students on the committee this year!  This year's family page was created by Karis:

5. Science experiments.  Lots of them.
So thankful for Apologia Science and the many "Try This" ideas - keeps us from getting antsy.

4.  14 bikes, 2 hockey nets, 6 hockey sticks, 4 bike ramps, 5 skateboards and one pile of garden dirt.  From the looks of our driveway the producers of Hoarders will be knocking on our door anytime now.

3. Macaulay Culkin strikes again!
Child #3 is within days of completing all his work for the year.
Children #1 and #2 are nowhere close to completion.
Child #3 decides to spend his time "devising genius plans".
First genius plan includes setting "sister traps" throughout the interior and exterior of the house:

2. Baggie Projects.
My {somewhat futile} attempt at tricking {they no long fall for the trickery} the kids into doing school by packaging books, manipulatives and projects in large baggies.
Today's project: volcanoes.

1. Itty-bitty pencils.
They've lost that back-to-school smell and they've been sharpened so many times that they are barely big enough to hold, but they show evidence of many hours of learning!

Oh spring ... how I love you!