• Mar. 16, 2008
Trying to catch up with life
It's been a while since I've posted. Lots has gone on. Let's try to get the short versions:
Emily - received another perfect score, 5, in the MMTA piano festival. That means she is only 5 points away from a trophy. I'm a little hesitant because she actually made several mistakes and I'm afraid next year she will become complacent and think she doesn't have to work so hard. She also had a run in with my little Final Touch single blade razor. She shaved off 2/3 of one eyebrow and put a little stripe down the middle of the other. Now, it's bad enough to shave most of one off - but whatever possessed her to do the stripe I'll never understand. She was devastated to learn it will take several months to grow back.
Sarah - is finally getting her two eye teeth in a year after they fell out. I'm hoping they will push her top front teeth together so we can maybe get out of braces with her. She is going to take part in the Sparks-A-Rama this year for Awana. She has finished her Climbing to Good English book and is only a month away from finishing her math book. We discovered that she can do her math very quickly and correctly if she "sings" the facts to whatever tune she chooses. Some days it's "Twinkle Twinkle" - other days it's "The Best of Both Worlds." I'm hoping she can eventually do math without the singing or the ACT/SAT will be really interesting. Sarah will turn 7 on the 22nd of March.
Laura - turned 3 on March 9th. She is so proud to be three and not two anymore. She has developed several annoying quirks: an ability to open any safety lock, sneaking food when I'm not looking, pulling a stool over to dig around in the kitchen cupboards and discovering the sprayer on the kitchen sink. But, she has also surprised me by telling me the names of almost all the upper and lower case letters as well as most of their sounds. I may end up adjusting my timeline with her and start 100 Easy Lessons in the fall.
Molly - is now 4 months old and huge. She is still waking two to three times at night to eat, much to my displeasure. She certainly doesn't need to eat - she is almost grown out of a size two diaper for pete's sake! She has been enjoying the exersaucer and loves to flirt with anyone that will give her attention. She also has developed a very high (read shrieking) singing voice when she isn't getting the attention she thinks she needs at the moment.
I have finally decided what to do next year. I had been planning to do Prairie Primer, and I think I will do that during the summer months. I'll just pick a few activities a week for each book to keep them from being bored. But I have decided to go with Tapestry of Grace. I really like the overall program and how it can be used through our family several times. Emily would go through the whole program twice as would Sarah, but Laura and Molly could go through it three times. It seems as if it could be a little teacher intensive at first until I get the hang of it, but I'm really excited. I am hoping to attend the MACHE (Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators) convention in April and I'll be looking to get Gamma from MUS for Emily, and 4th grade SOS science. I'm also going to look for several used books for our TOG YR1 Redesigned. Now I just have to figure out when I can go and how to get there.
Blessings.
