Working from my husband's computer today.

First day of school chocolate strawberry muffins!

My angel babies.

filling out her passport application.

bark rubbing on our nature walk.

the earth cake!

I am so disappointed in myself. I am a blogging slacker. I had every intention to blog like there was no tomorrow about our family's home schooling journey. Here we are over a month in and there is nary a blog to be found. So,I am here to remedy that this evening.
   We are about 6 weeks into our school year. Already we have had some serious ups and downs. I have been praying hard for guidance and this past week things have turned around. Thank the Lord! Vivian is loving kindergarten! She concentrates very hard (most of the time she works with her little tongue sticking out!) She is very proud! It is darling to watch her,even coloring gets undivided attention.
      Scarlett was having a hard time adjusting to the school work again after a play filled summer. She was getting some bad outside influences,but again after much prayer and reflection (and a bit of tough love) things have started in the right direction. Her favorite subjects this year are art and science. Math U See was a WONDERFUL investment for us! She actually asks to do math now and is finally seeming to grasp the concepts! Again...thank the Lord!!!
     We have had some fun,making an Earth cake and going on several nature walks,gathering leaves and doing bark rubbings. Scarlett got her "passport" to travel the world last week. She is excited to learn about a bunch of different countries this year. Next week we are "going" to Mexico! We tried to make raisins out of grapes,but unfortunately the squirrels were too hungry to leave our experiment alone! LOL.
  I have a few pictures to post and I think we'll be up to date. Hopefully I will be more diligent about keeping this up to date! Til next time,blessing to you....
                                                         

sigh....

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Tomorrow!!!

Ok so I am in full fledged panic mode now! We are starting school tomorrow. It will be the first official day of teaching both the girls,and I must admit I am terrified that I'm not going to be able to do it. I feel like such a slacker Mom that I am only teaching two. I am praying that I can do a great job.

Everything is here!

So,after over 3 weeks of combing eBay like some mildly obsessive lunatic I now have everything needed to begin the new school year. With a grand total of 604 dollars spent. Eeek. A month in advance. Sigh. So maybe we'll start early? Don't know if the girls will agree to it,but I am so anxious to get started! I have to admit,I am nervous about teaching them both at the same time,but hopefully since Viv's should only take about an hour I can have Scarlett do her independent  reading at that time.
     I'm also thinking of getting to bed earlier every night and waking up by 8:30 to get the day started. Right now that is hard to envision,I do love my nightly alone time not to mention...SLEEPING! Apparently I'll never get a full night of sleep,ever again. Ah,the things we do for the ones we love!

YAY!! I love a good bargain!

I am so excited! I had been planning on buying some sort of shelf type thing to hold all the school stuff to keep in the kitchen. Wasn't thrilled with the thought of actually paying for something like that though. Today we ran over to a local thrift store and I found the perfect shelving unit with 5 shelves for...10 DOLLARS!!! Yay me!!! Such a bargain! So thrilled! Getting everything organized and put away! Countdown to the new school year is on! 37 days and counting! Woohoo!
    On a side note we also got Vivian a bike with a seat for her baby (HUGE bonus as anyone who knows Viv can attest to) for $9. YAY!

My Very First Blog!!

So,I have decided that I am starting a blog about our homeschooling journey. I guess I will begin with a bit of info about me. I am married to Adam since Sept of 94 and we have 2 girls,Scarlett 8 and Vivian 5. We are beginning our 4th year of home education in the fall. We have used My Father's World the entire time and love it! Although Scarlett is pretty weak in math,so we are switching to Math U See this year. Hopefully that helps!We are also going with Easy Grammar this time around. I have spent the last 2 weeks scouring eBay for bargains trying to put together the curriculum at a bargain price. All in all I saved $139 but honestly I don't know if it was worth it what with the stress of bidding (does that make anyone else as crazy as me?!)
   Anyway,my plan for this blog is to keep a record of our progress throughout the school year.I'm sure some days there will be laughs,and unfortunately there will be days with tears...have I mentioned the math issue??? I look forward to sharing our ups and downs with the cyber world,but now have to go because Scarlett is screaming for me to make root beer...here I go. Until next time,God Bless and happy blogging!
                                                 Homeschooling Mama x2
                                                                    Kelly