Piano Debut

Josie had her piano debut tonight. She has been working so hard on it. She made the programs, I did type them but she chose a picture and the font, oh the font. It took us a very long time to choose the perfect font for her program. She even wrote a story to string the songs together. She is very creative.

Josie has the most amazing piano teacher, Chirsty. (She even just won a national award for music teachers!)

You might be wondering about her dress. Oh her beautiful dress that Grammie & Grandpa sent her for her 8th Birthday. They picked it up for her in Korea. Josie has been waiting for the perfect place to debut the fabulous dress as well. She thought this was the perfect occasion.

You did it Jose!

Einstein's Birthday

For home school today we celebrated Albert Einstein's birthday. Josie figured he would be 133 years old today. Off we drove for a tasty breakfast from "Einstein's Bro." When we got home we watched a 3 min documentary. She identified with the fact "at school he was mediocre at best." She was surprised that someone labeled as a genius struggled at school. She asked if that meant she could be a scientist or physicist like he was. Of course I responded with "Absolutely!" She has looked at microscope slides on and off all day, found specimens of her own and wants to make her own slides. She took the picture of him we printed off and typed up her favorite quote from him "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” Taped them together and posted it up on the inside of her closet door. I don't think there could have been a more perfect lesson on day number 3!

Journal Entry

Josie and I have embarked on an adventure together. Homeschooling for core classes. She is loving her journal writing topics. We videoed her first entry to share with Grammie.