It is always such a curious stress I experience when planning for the school year. I trust the Lord to guide all our decisions, yet I still check out all the new curriculum's I hear about "just in case"! This year I am relieved to say that I decided to stay with My Father's World, and in this box came the girls' extra student packets for K and B's 2nd grade curriculum. This is such a neat company and I am thrilled to stay with them!

K was so excited to see a ballet book and began looking through it immediately! I look forward to experiencing all the great things this year's study on American History will offer and hope the girls get as much out of it as possible since this program will have them skip 2nd grade Adventures and  instead they pick up with B's year once they are in 2nd grade so the whole family is studying the same themes. Since on my dad's side we have a relative who signed the Declaration of Independence I want my kids to understand as much as possible about the importance of that document, what the men who signed it were up against and potentially lost (land, business, even life) once the ink was dry and King George notified. I am so grateful to live in a land that allows such freedoms. While we daily are reminded about war, terror, and more, I want my children to know that this country was founded on basic Christian principles and we must continue that tradition. I see so many around us with T-shirts that say, "It's all about me" or "I want it so I can have it" and I am sad to see all the joy left out of life when one focuses upon self. We all have unique talents and skills along with the capacity to work hard and help others. I want my children to always rememeber that our country was founded by men and women whose values were so strong they were willing to do anything to make the nation a better place for their children. They were not so caught up in themselves but able to see beyond their own lifespans to the legacy they left behind. I wonder what my own legacy will be and even farther down the road, what will be my children's legacy?