Back to the Ol' Grind Stone

School has started again in the Muldowney household. Dad taught his first full day of classes this past Thursday, while the rest of the fam fam started on Tuesday September 2. Everyone is homeschooling, but unlike previous academic years everyone is on a strict schedule.
Abby and Bekah are in the 3rd grade and seem to be enjoying at least some of their work. Little Abskergail claims that spelling is the only good part of a school day and isn't too enthusiastic about anything else. Science is Bekah's favorite subject but she also spends a good deal of her free time on the piano. Johnny, who's in 6th grade, really enjoys the set time for each of his subjects. He loves Science and English, which really isn't a surprise because any moment he has to himself you'll see him with his nose in some sort of book, whether about nature or simply a children's classic. Abe is officially a high schooler, which means early morning seminary starting tomorrow. This guy is partly responsible for the change in the way we've been pacing our schooling. Last year he set a great example by being incredibly strict with himself and having a lot of success. His favorite part about school is just how organized everything is. Already a budding linguist, Abe takes 3 languages (he dropped a couple and added some since last year) one of which is his favorite subject, Russian. He also loves Science and History. Lizzie is drawing her secondary education years to a close. This is her Senior year so she's decided to be as dedicated to her academics as possible by joining everyone's craze of following a schedule and is actually enjoying it quite a bit. Her favorite subject thus far is English, both of the courses she's taking in this subject, although she believes that the best course this year will be seminary with Abe. She's simply thrilled for it, especially since it's the last one she'll have to take EVER AGAIN.
All in all it been an excellent start to the school year and the kids seem to be enjoying themselves. Hopefully it's the same for papa over at VFMAC and mama who is the tireless supervisor of our tight schedule. We kids are indebted to them.