Oh geez! I don't write a post in forever and now here I am posting for the fourth time in two days. Talk about sporadic!!
Anyways, today was a VERY busy day!! Seems like I've been having a lot of those lately. You should see all the stuff I have written on my calendar! People think that because we homeschool, we are home all the time. HA!
We had our last co-op with the homeschool group this morning. Most moms in our group are so happy to see co-ops come to an end but I actually enjoy them and wish they were longer than 6 weeks or more often then just twice a year. I think a lot of the Mom's are happy when they end because they are so caught up with school curriculum and anything extra just throws them off course. I guess if we did school at home it would be the same for us. Some families blow off field trips and stuff because of all the curriculum they do. I just couldn't imagine that. What's the point of homeschooling if you can't just stop and do fun stuff?
So after co-ops today Brenna went to Grandma's house to play with her cousin, Keira. She sure does love her little cousin and she's one of her favorite people. While Brenna was at my Mom's I went shopping for a birthday present for Brenna's buddy and then came home and got some cleaning done. I picked up Brenna a couple hours later and took her to her friend's birthday party, went to HEB, picked her up and off to Girl Scouts we went. Brenna left this morning at 9:15am and did not get home until 6pm!
Tomorrow morning at 8:30am she has basketball pictures and then her first game at 9:30. GO SAINTS!
Brendon is in Kingsville right now with his Dad and Nan at the Cardinals play'off game (local High School). They are kicking butt this year and are undefeated! At half we were up 14-0 against an undefeated team from San Antonio. That is big!! We NEVER beat S.A. in play-offs!! GO CARDS!!! Next weekend, if we win, we will be playing in San Antonio so I am hoping to (maybe) go. Mom? Brenna? Sleep over? LOL We'll talk later... :)
Ok, time to send Brenna's friend home - we have an early morning with basketball. Wish Brenna luck! I'll try to remember my camera and take pictues. Don't hold your breath tho....
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"I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. Whereas, if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better."
-Anne Sullivan
Brendon and Brandi
Brenna - getting so big
"Children are not trains. If a train does not reach every station on time, it will be late reaching it's ultimate destination. But a child can be late at any "station", and can even change the entire route of the learning process, and still reach every area of learning."
-John Holt
-John Holt
Brenna LOVES watermelon!!
My schooling not only failed to teach me what it professed to be teaching, but prevented me from being educated to an extent which infuriates me when I think of all I might have learned at home by myself.
--George Bernard Shaw
--George Bernard Shaw
Our dog, Mazzi
At Sea World
Brendon and Me
Grandma Shore and Brenna
"Homeschooling is not a way to keep our children
shut off from the world, but rather a way for them to
participate more fully in it." -author unknown
shut off from the world, but rather a way for them to
participate more fully in it." -author unknown
Brenna and Brandi
Brenna and Grandma Dawn
Brenna at the Hunting Lease
You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.
-Clay P. Bedford
-Clay P. Bedford
Brenna and Smitty
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. ~Albert Einstein
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. ~Robert Maynard Hutchins
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. ~Mark Twain
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives. ~Robert Maynard Hutchins
I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. ~Mark Twain
Brenna and a dolphin at Sea World
"Just because someone is "teaching" doesn't mean anyone is learning". ~Ned Vare
Brenna and Tantrum
"The perpetual testing of public school children is like a gardener constantly pulling his plants up by the roots to see if they are growing."(unknown)
Brendon and Brenna at a 4-D show
Brenna did not want to get wet - reason for the towel LOL
Grandpa and Brenna
Childhood is not preparation for adulthood - it is a part of life.
-A. Neill
-A. Neill
Brenna Doctoring Her Papa
Brenna and her best friend, Rhiannon
My niece, Keira
Brenna and her cousin, Kastine
At The Park
Brenna and Brendon at Garner
Brandi and Brenna
"You can not make a child walk before they are ready.
You can not make a child read before they are ready.
You can however make a child think they are dumb or learn to hate reading if you push them before they are capable." -Stephanie, Throwing Marshmallows
You can not make a child read before they are ready.
You can however make a child think they are dumb or learn to hate reading if you push them before they are capable." -Stephanie, Throwing Marshmallows
Going Fishin'
Links To Some Good Sites
"The best way to give a child values is to spend time with him and to let him see how you live your life. You act in a way that reflects what you believe, you talk to him about things that matter and you tell him about you, your life, and your choices. Your child will know you better because he has spent meaningful time with you, learning, serving and growing together. This builds a family that can last forever. That's a benefit of homeschooling that makes every minute worthwhile." From the book "Homeschooling - Take a Deep Breath, You Can Do This"
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Okay so will she be the quest or is she Brenna?
Opps ~ forgot to "sign" in the last post so I am "reposting" ~ will she be the "guest" or is she gonna be "Brenna" - She ya in a few days XXOO ~ Love ya . . . Mom (aka: Dawn)
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