On the Road & At the Beach

How do you like the Captain's office (top collage, picture on right)?
Our homeschool classrooms have been looking a little different lately, also:)



At the moment we are sitting in Lazy Days waiting room, getting school and work done (while we are getting a new refrigerator). The kids have been squeezing two or three days of school into one, so we can play some more. We are so close to getting 7th grade all finished (Little Miss has finished her kindergarten, already)! We think homeschooling and roadschooling is the way to go!

PS. Can you spot something new and different from one of the pictures in one of the collages? If you already know what it is, don't spoil the fun:)

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Kotikoulukonferenssin jälkeen olemme olleet rannalla ja tien päällä, leikkien, tehden töitä ja kouluhommia. Tällä hetkellä istumme huoltopaikan odotushuoneessa tehden koulutöitä sillä välin, kun saamme asuntoautoon uuden jääkaapin. 7. luokka on melkein saatu loppuun, jee! Pikkuneiti saikin jo eskarin tehtyä. Kotikoulu kannattaa:)

PS. Löydätkö yhden kollaasin yhdestä kuvasta jotain uutta ja erilaista? Jos tiedät jo vastauksen, ethän paljasta!

At Homeschool Convention

Our family had a wonderful few days last week at the FPEA homeschool conference.



It was a perfect mix of fun and learning. The hotel was great, the pool area a big hit, and the programs at the conference educational and helpful. It was the first homeschool conference our whole family attended. The Captain and the big kids were able to attend a number of sessions, and Little Miss and I wandered around the exhibition hall, looking at various curricula. Everyone agreed - this was a fantastic few days!!

Linking this post to Sunday Snapshot at Ni Hao Ya'll and Hip Homeschool Hop.

The photos were taken with my 4G iPhone. Top photo is SOOC (only added watermark on Phonto app), taken in the atrium of the hotel. The collages were made with Photogene app.

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Olimme viime viikolla koko perheen kera kotikoulukonferenssissa. Kiva hotelli, upea uima-allasalue, mielenkiintoista kotikouluohjelmaa niin lapsille kuin aikuisille - mahtava ja antoisa viikko!

Kuvat olen ottanut iPhonen kameralla, eka kuva on suoraan kännykästä, laitoin vain vesileiman Phonto app'illa, ja kollaasit tein Photogene app'illa. Ni Hao Ya'll-blogista löytyy muita Sunday Snapshot kuvia.

Mothership Adventures Is On the Move

We started out in Maine, leaving our "almost ready" camp on May 17th. We were in a hurry to catch a ferry (the Captain, of course) and a plane (my mom), so leaving a couple hours later than planned was not a fun way to start the trip. We also had one of us fall down stairs and hurt their knees, one threw up in the car, and a flight was canceled! It was all figured out, and everyone got to go where they were supposed to, and we even briefly saw the Captain's family on our way down as we made a short pit stop.



While the Captain spent the weekend on Nantucket Island, the kids and I visited with (some of our) friends all weekend long in New Hampshire (not enough time to see everyone, sadly). We even drove down Memory Lane to pass by our old home, and while it was bittersweet, it didn't produce all the waterworks that were expected. We loved our visit(s) to Beech Hill Farm, our favorite New Hampshire hang-out place!



And on Monday our crew flew to Florida, back to our beloved Mothership Airstream RV. Our flight down went well, and the RV had survived the winter months nicely. The Captain washed the dust off, and he and Missy ended up cleaning the fridge/freezer, also. We had left some food in the freezer as the RV was plugged in the whole time, but somehow the freezer had stopped working, and the stench of spoiled food was so horrid it activated my gagging reflex. We had a late night, but we were able to get settled at a campground for the night after cleaning, making beds and grocery shopping.



Today we did our usual Florida first-full-day-errands, but after it all we took a refreshing dip in the campground pool. It is so nice to be back in Florida! Weather forecast: sunny and warm:)

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Lähdimme melkein viikko sitten reissuun, jättäen Mainen taaksemme. Kapteeni meni viikonlopuksi Nantucketin saarelle, äitini lensi takaisin siskoni luokse, ja me muut vietimme viikonlopun New Hampshiressä ystävien luona. Torstain matka oli ihan kaamea: lähdimme pari tuntia myöhässä reissuun, yksi lensi kirjaston portaat alas (viime tingan kirjojen palautusta) ja satutti polvensa, yksi oksensi autossa, ja äitini lento oli vielä peruttu kaiken huipuksi. Mutta kaikki kuitenkin pääsivät minne piti, ja kaikki oli hyvin. Matkalla jopa pysähdyimme Kapteenin vanhempien ja siskon luona pikaisella pysäkillä.

Eilen lensimme Floridaan, ja tällä hetkellä majailemme asuntoautossa leirintäalueella. Päivä meni aika lailla hoitaen juoksevia asioita, mutta illalla menimme kaikki uimaan leirintäalueen uima-altaaseen. Pyykkiäkin sain pestä:) Kiva olla takaisin Floridassa! Sääennuste on lämmintä ja aurinkoista:)

Virginia & Back/Virginiaan ja takaisin

Craziness!! Our poor blog is getting neglected because of plain craziness. Better do a quick recap:

- Two weeks ago my mom flies in to Maine from my sister's to visit us
- April 30th we get the floor folks to come in and start working on the floors in the main lodge
- May 2nd The Captain and I drive into NH to fly into Virginia {to my sister's}
- May 3rd we rent a U-Haul and fill it 1/2 way with our furniture from my sister's garage {with the help of her two pastors ~ thank you!!!}
- May 3rd we start driving north, make it only to Delaware, first sleeping in the truck, then at a motel
- May 4th we drive through Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts into New Hampshire
- & Stay the night at our friends' house
- May 5th we pick up a dishwasher & double oven
- May 6th we fill the rest of the truck with furniture from my in-laws' house where we've been storing it this past year (barely making a dent)
- & May 6th arrive back in the sticks, floor is not dry yet



Since then the floors were finished, dried, and we've started bringing furniture in. Some rooms are still under construction, but we are finally getting there!!! Today we got an oven, yay!

This all, of course, is on top of trying to finish our homeschool year, and trying to be organized to leave Maine. Yes, we are leaving Maine and flying to Florida next week! Craziness!!!

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Täällä on ollut ihan hulluutta vaan. Äitini tuli meille kaksi viikkoa sitten, ja siitä lähtien on taas ollut ihan hullunmyllyä koko elämä. Kyllä pistää miettimään, että Kapteeni ja minä teemme elämämme niin hankalaksi kuin mahdollista:) Viime viikolla lensimme Virginiaan, vuokrasimme rekan, ja toimme huonekalujamme siskoni autotallista pohjoiseen, sillä välin kun pohjoisessa hiottiin, petsattiin ja lakattiin lattioita. Matkalla poimimme mukaamme astianpesukoneen ja uunit, sekä anoppilasta lisää huonekalujamme. Siitä lähtien olemme siivonneet ja sisustaneet, vaikka remontti jatkuu osissa taloa. Tietty kotikoulun ja muun arjen ohessa, ja ensi viikolla on myös lähtö Mainestä takaisin Floridaan. Hulluutta!!!