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Jewels in Our Crowns
Aug. 23, 2007
6 Months to Catch Up
Oh Good Grief!! I had no idea it's been 6 months since I last posted on here! I was going to try to move to another site, but didn't have much luck over there either. So, I'm back over here. I need to do this more often. Maybe I'll be inspired to do more.
Well, I ended the year in May. I was starting to get burned out towards the end and didn't feel like I was doing a whole lot. The boys never finished their second grade work, but it was mostly done. The girls were done and I was struggling to get stuff for them to do to keep their interest. We did an ant study one day and that was fun. It really didn't warm up here until mid-May, so I was limited in our outside activities. Jazi moved away in June. I did however learn a lesson about myself homeschooling Jazi. As noble as it was for me to take her in and do the pre K stuff with her, which I hope did some kind of justice for her learning, I don't think it is something I will ever be able to do again. I ended up focusing on her so much, things swung out of balance for the boys. This year, I'm hoping I can get that balance back.
We did take a summer break. The week after school ended my mom and sister came to visit. The entire week was rainy, and so began the summer vacation. We didn't do hardly anything this summer. The boys got to go horseback riding a couple weeks ago, which I think was the highlight of their whole summer. I also learned this summer that really long breaks like this are not good for us. The boys can't get motivated, Hannah's fighting me on what we read, when we read, how we do our schedule, if someone talks before her. I was very tempted to enroll her in public school Kindergarten, thinking maybe she won't be that harsh for the teacher. But, then I started thinking how much I'll miss her, and she's really had some interesting conversations lately with me, and I think it would be better for her to stay here with us.
I tried to start back to school a week ago, but we were helping a lady out that was in a wreck on I-80. Nothing got done. Then, Monday came around, I had to deal with some kidney stones, and the kids all came down with allergies or summer cold, but we've all been miserable since then. We did school one day, did a small bit the next day, and tomorrow is Friday...nothing else got done. We move in one week now. I'm a bit stressed about it since I now feel horribly behind in everything and finally decided to just wait till we're settled in the other house. No one can concentrate effectively anyway. I'm changing our curriculum this year too. I really want to see how that goes and what it's like to have a curriculum. I'm going with Charlotte Mason method, which I found through www.queenhomeschool.com. I cannot wait to try it out, which will have to wait till next month.
And, our other big news, baby #6 is on the way. At 8 weeks they did an early ultrasound and found 2 sacs. I really started to freak out about having twins. Isaac is the oldest at 9 and I could not wrap my mind around having twins as #6 and #7. Not that I didn't want them, I've always wanted twins, but maybe 2-3 kids ago? Well, when I went back at week 10, there was only one baby and the other sac was empty. While I was sad and felt really bad I had freaked out about twins when God obviously thought we could handle it, I was also relieved. Now we have turned our focus to if it's a girl or boy. If it is a boy, we are going to be struggling for names!! The excitement never stops.
So, for now, I will go, but I hope I can get motivated to get on here and post some more of our experience this year. |
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Sep. 12, 2007 - Congrats and blessings to another year of schooling
My name is Tammy and I just started blogging. I found your blog by clicking on the random blog banner. I find it a great thing to be able to be so flexible with homeschooling. It can be frustrated especially if you are someone who thrives on continuity and a schedule but with more than one child - who can do that? We have 5 active boys and things never seem to go according to plan.
Congratulations on the new addition to your family. May the rest of your year go a little smoother.
Grace and peace,
Tammy