July in Pictures/Heinäkuu kuvin

July isn't all gone, yet, but it has been whizzing by, and Mothership Adventures is definitely due for an update. The first part we spent on Nantucket island with family (more here). Nantucket was enchanting, as usual.


After Nantucket, the girls, Captain and I drove back to our camp for a few days, and our boys stayed on Nantucket a couple of days longer. We met again at Grandma and Grandpa's house in southern Maine. Grandma and Grandpa headed out on a camping and jeeping trip, the Captain took our older kids to camp in New Hampshire, and then he drove back to our camp. Little Miss and I spent a few very productive days at my in-law's house.



We stayed with Captain's grandmother, watered Grandma's bushes, picked out a trailer-full of our boxes and belongings from my in-law's basement to go up to our camp, spent time with cousins (next door!), Little Miss learned to ride a scooter, baked a delicious blueberry pie (recipe here), and got some homeschool organizing done, also. (I ordered first grade material for Little Miss, more on that later.)



Meanwhile our big kids had a fun week at camp, making memories and new friends, meeting old friends, and being challenged in their walk with God. We brought our happy, tired kids with all their dirty laundry back north with us.



Little Miss, Captain and I had to wake up early on Saturday to go get the big kids from camp. I am so not a morning person, but we had a beautiful drive down. On our way back north we saw a bear, and it apparently made such an impression on me I didn't realize I added the picture twice in my collages:)



We enjoyed having Uncle B, Aunt P and Andy at our camp this weekend, and of course having our family together again. Uncle B helped all the boys and Little Miss put together a fantastic video, which I might try to link here.

And if you are still with me after this long post, I am happy to report we finally wrapped up our homeschool year! Mr. A and Mr. D finished their last assignments on Sunday and Monday, and we had a great evaluation interview on Tuesday with Carleen from Evaluation Station in Florida. I had worked on a private blog with my students portfolios, Carleen had reviewed all the material before our video iChat evaluation, and yesterday she interviewed the kids, and we had a wonderful chat. She is so great to work with, very helpful, and so encouraging. The online evaluation makes it easy for our traveling family - we are in Maine and still able to get our evaluation done!

It feels great to be done with our year!

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Heinäkuu ei ole ihan vielä ohi, mutta blogi kaipailee jo uutta postausta:) Aloitimme heinäkuun Nantucketissa, sieltä tyttöjen kanssa Kapteeni ja minä ajoimme pohjoiseen muutamaksi päiväksi poikien jäädessä isovanhempien kanssa saarelle vielä hetkeksi aikaa. Kohtasimme uudestaan isovanhemmilla etelä-Mainessä, josta kaikki lähtivät eri suuntiin: isovanhemmat jeeppiretkelle, teinit leirille ja Kapteeni takaisin pohjoiseen. Pikkuneiti ja minä jäimme isovanhemmille Kapteenin isoäidin seuraksi kastelemaan kukkia, pakkaamaan peräkärryä pohjoista varten (meidän kamat ovat edelleen anoppilan kellarissa viime vuoden muuton jäljiltä), kotikoulujuttuja organisoiden, ja Pikkuneiti vietti aikaa naapurin serkkutytön kanssa, oppien potkulaudan käytön. Teinien leirin jälkeen ajoimme takaisin pohjoiseen (näimme karhun!), jossa meitä odotti B-setä, P-täti ja Andy.

Ja loppuun onnellisia uutisia: saimme vihdoin kotikouluvuoden loppuun! Jokaisen koulutehtävän, sekä arvioinnin opettajan kanssa myös. Iso työ, ja mikä suuri helpotus kun vihdoin kaikki on tehty.