Staying busy

I have not updated in a while because we have been so busy lately. Homeschool is going great and we are starting to 'find our groove' and I am beginning to have a lot more confidence. It has taken me a little over a month to figure out what works good for us. We started out one way and I realized it just was not working so I spent a lot of time thinking about what needed to change. Now we have our weekly schedule that is going great so far. I have also included a lot more art projects and try to incorporate what we are learning about. For example, last week we did the blend sound 'ch' so Friday we got out our huge stack of magazines (I am beginning to realize that when you homeschool you keep EVERYTHING because you WILL find a use for it!) and found lots of things that have the 'ch' sound and made a collage. I have also decorated a part of the wall in our computer room like a bulletin board and that is where I hang some of her work that she does. I put a picture of it at the bottom of the post. She loves it and I really think it gives her incentive to do her best because everyone who comes over sees it. I have also been utilizing the library soooo much more! They have rows and rows of educational videos that are so cool (even I like them!). So we make our weekly trip and stock up on videos and books.

We had Report Day a couple weeks ago with the homeschool group. Brenna got up and read a book all by herself in front of everyone. I was so proud of her and she did such a great job! A lot of the Moms came up to her afterwards and told her what a great job she did and gave me kudos too on what a wonderful reader she is. You could tell that she was very proud of herself. I think next Report Day she will talk about tadpoles and we will take a few of them that we have for the other kids to see. Yes, we STILL have tadpoles. The ones that we hatched from the eggs are starting to get their back legs FINALLY. The first batch we had did not take this long. I did read though that during certain times of the year they take longer to change. My sister-in-law told me that my little set up I have for them is so cool that they don't want to leave. LOL I think once these are gone I will not get anymore for a long, long while. We'll have to think of something else to reside in our tank.

We have also been spending a lot of time with my friend who homeschools and her daughter. Brenna and Rhiannon play so good and we get together about 2-3 times a week. We have taken the girls to the zoo and are planning some other field trips as well. It is nice having someone my age who homeschools and that I can get together with a few times a week and talk about things with.

So tomorrow morning we have our first co-op class for the homeschool group. A lot of the Moms have volunteered and are teaching classes. I have volunteered to help in the pre-school and Kinder-1st classes. We group the kids together by age (Kinder and 1st, 2nd and 3rd, ect...) and meet for about 2 1/2 hours. It will be for four consecutive Fridays. So we are really looking forward to that and Brenna is very excited. I really love this homeschool group - everyone is so nice and all the kids are GREAT!

Brenna started Girl Scouts as well and we meet every Tuesday night for an hour and a half. It is a small troop but the girls get along really good and have a lot of fun together. Next weekend Brenna and I are going to the Girl Scout camp and they are having a Mother/Daughter Day at the Spa. We get manicures, pedicures and the Moms get some facial stuff. I think we will have a really nice time together. I will take my camera and definitely post some pictures when we get back.

So now I guess you can see why I do not have much time to get on the computer. :) I really will try harder to post more. I have had quite a few people ask me when I was going to update. I really am glad that this blog gets read though. When I started it I wasn't sure who all would read it but by the hits on my counter at the bottom a lot of people do.
THANKS to everyone who supports us!! :)



*Brenna's Board*