It certainly has been too long since I have checked in here… Life has been coming at us fast, and changing our routine proved harder than expected. BUT things are settling down now and beginning to come to a sense of normalcy! Now, although we have been busy with changes - some wonderful blessings have been presented in our lives, so although we were busy, great things were occurring!!

After a summer of schooling part-time, we are kicking things into high gear school-wise. This school year I had planned on creating our curriculum for our dd to follow, using a montage of different resources - but after hours of attempting to get things together and frustration when things weren’t working together as I had planned - I have decided to go back to SL. It will give us a skeleton structure that we can build off of, instead of me trying to build a structure and add meat to. We will be adding Grade 3 readers and doing SL 1+2 (for the review of 1 and the continuation into Core 2’s information). We are also continuing with our RS English, Spanish, HWT, MUS, Bible Study Guide for All Ages, and Sequential Spelling. I’m sure I’m leaving something off of the list, but this is all I can think of right now.

We are also partaking in three different homeschooling groups and one Co-Op! Already this has proven to be a blessing to dd and myself! I haven’t had much fellowship with other homeschooling mommies… and dd hasn’t had any other hsing friends. She has friends from church, the two dance classes that she took place in, and WOW (church program) - but no other kids that were educated at home like herself. We have been to one function and already we both feel welcome and excited about the next meeting!

So this is what we have been up to… well, something of what we have been up to… actually this is very little of what we have been up too!!! LOL! BUT this is what we are up to NOW and are looking forward to be doing. I’m not sure people - other than my beloved friends and secret sister - actually check in here, but I am back and will try to hit the entries a lot more often than in the last month.

Hugs to everyone!!