Week in Review

We had a goood week that was more settled than last week.

Pre-K is on book 15 of a 17 book series of pre-decodable books. He is loving reading and I have started copy work. I am starting to think about what to do for Kindergarten... I guess I am leaning towards using Alpha Omega's Lifepac although it is not "wowing" me at this time.

2nd grade will hopefully test out of unit 5 for all subjects except math. (we are behind again on math; for some reason, the math units have 5 sections while the others have 3, it catches us every time) He has decided that he wants to try Switched on Schoolhouse (SOS) next year. We will have to take a pretty quick typing course this summer.

6th grade is clipping along. She has lots of writing and research projects for several of her subjects that need to be caught up on in the next couple of weeks. 6th grade does not want to use SOS next year, but has not thought of an alternative. We are shopping and praying about it.

Some weekend schooling to catch up in 2nd grade.

Recess Day & Night

We had a nice amount of new snow so we had recess both in the morning and then again at night.

Everyone slept so well last night!

Happy Birthday!

Today is James' birthday! He is 9 years old. So far he has received $10, an army guy and chocolate cake. He is a very easy to please child, works hard in school and on chores and loves to meet new people.

Happy Birthday, Son.

Whew... What a Whirlwind!

Friday was "Friday Funday" as we made our valentine boxes for the party, signed valentine cards and sent out packages to family friends.

Saturday morning was the 2nd pancake breakfast at our local church and once again, my boy James did his duty to make the cooks feel good.

On Saturday afternoon, the pastor and his wife had a valentine party for the children and it was a very cute event where we were introduced to a new toy called Connectagons® Heart-to-Hearts. They were really neat. The children took pictures and then made little bears and hearts picture frames. They ate, had a dance freeze game and then heard a little devotion.

Today we had our bowling party with our homeschool group.

All in all a fun and busy 4 days. Sugar highs and nap time.

Happy Valentine Day!

Survivor 20!

'Nuff Said

Looking for Gold

I love the Olympics! Summer and Winter. I went to the the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and had the time of my life. I started planning soon after to go the the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, but I became a mama twice in the 2 years that followed and travel plans overseas were not completed. But I love the games and watch as much as I can with my children.

I have been trying to put together a study unit that we can do together in school and wondered if anyone has any good ideas or links that you would like to share. Leaning on y'alls creative juices....