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We are still loving My Father's World. 

This year Big J. is in 5th, studying Rome to the Reformation.  At homeschool co-op he is taking two hours of fencing, both sabre and foil, each Thursday afternoon.

R. is finally, officially in 1st and by holding her back last year, she's flying through it now at an amazing rate, averaging 2-3 days of curriculium per day and wanting to do even more, so it was definately good timing for her to wait and a joy to watch her so eager to learn!  She is taking gymnastics (no broken arm so far this year!), a fun crafy-hands-on American history class, and ballet at co-op.

Little J. kept paces with R. really well at the end of last year's K., but he's only 3 1/2 and doesn't have the fine motor skills for writing his letters yet, so we aren't really ready to make him an official Ker yet.  He knows all his letter sounds and can read some simple words, so this year we will just keep doing LeapFrog phonics stuff, letting him sit in with the older kids as he's interested, and keep reviewing our MFW letter flashcards and giving him simple worksheets as he's interested.

As you notice, I don't manage to post here too often, but I at least wanted to give a check in at the launch of a new year.  Off to a great start so far, even though I'm undergoing weekly IV infusions and my health has been hard on the whole family.  If you want to keep up with more regular updates, please follow me on my InfertilityMom blog where you will get a full slice of my life from reflections on infertility and miscarriage (and resources for ongoing support for those still facing these struggles), to living with chronic illness, homebased business, homeschooling, kiddo funnies, and writing.