We’ve sweated through our 6 months of purgatory and are finally reaping the rewards for perseverance. This weekend Fall arrived, which means it now feels like California summer.
The kids have 2 days off of school this week for Ashora, the final offering in our Optional School October, so why not head to the pool on this 90 degree day?
Carter returned from Germany yesterday, full of stories, but empty handed. Their group’s luggage didn’t make the connection in Istanbul so we’ll go pick it up today. I’m sure he’s happy that he gets a day off from studying Arabic since he’s doing so poorly in the class we made him take his book along to study if he had any free time (he didn’t — shocker).
He said they would wake up at 6:30 every morning and go do a physical activity as a group: swim, run, a game, etc. After breakfast they would break into groups to work on projects or learn a new skill. Carter’s teachers said he was great in their GPS skills class, which didn’t surprise me a bit since he’s more reliable than my phone’s GPS when I need to get somewhere.
Games, skits, group projects, presentations, a scavenger hunt, a visit to the castle, a dance, a Volksmarch (a German walking thing), and other activities with 152 other middle schoolers made for a busy and fun week.
Working hard at something! (He doesn’t remember what)
Group photo at the castle. Carter is in the middle if you zoom in. He said the girls outnumbered the boys 2 to 1.
Heading home! Happy to have him back because we had a lot of this while he was away:
Yes, actual tears because she missed her brother. Daily, she would sigh, “I miss Carter.” How nice that she loves her brother that much. I hope they always feel that way about each other.