I didn't realize it had been quite so long since I'd updated here....

Things have been.....busy.  Seems like there's been tons of appointments to get to, practices to taxi the kids to, old house stuff to finish up, football games, business trips for John, etc. & so forth.

School has been.... well, not exactly like what I was envisioning, but I've not really had time to do anything differently.  Kiernan has taken it upon himself to start learning algebra, though!    I've had to study up on some of that myself (or ask John) b/c I didn't know how to do something!  We've been doing some word search puzzles using different vocabulary words (something the kids absolutely love to do!)  I'd really like to get them on a more.... uh..... schedule to follow.  We got some new schoolbookish type Student Handbooks over the summer.  I'd like them to get those out & work their way thru them.  One or 2 of them actually have AP courses lined out.  (Of course, that's more along the lines of "teaching to the test", but at least they'd get some of that info.)  I just need to feel like I have time to breathe, let alone figure all this other stuff out.

I still like the whole unschooling philosophy b/c I can see how much happier the entire family is, following that approach.  However, I'd also like to see a titch more structure to our day.  Sometimes, I look at the clock & wonder what in the world happened to this day?    It seems like, after 18 ish years of homeschooling, I'd be an expert, but I keep learning every day, too.  Maybe by the time Tahni is in high school, I'll have it all perfected.  I've got another 12 years or so before that happens....

Guess I'll go.... got a little one who's dying for some attention.  Happy Anniversary to us!