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Schoolin' On the Road
Oct. 1, 2006
Fall is in the Air -
and we are really enjoying the changing of the seasons. We have found that the summer clothes that we were wearing just last week are just not warm enough for the northern climes that we are going through and yet when we head south, we still need them. What's a person supposed to do when we never know where we are going to be and what we are going to need for the weather and have VERY limited space for a wardrobe? We make out, but it is a constant challenge.
We have had some interesting experiences in the last couple of months. We were "stuck" in Oklahoma City for Labor Day weekend and got to do a couple of things that we have been wanting to do in that town. I really like Toby Keith's music, and so we were able to go the The Toby Keith "I Love this Bar and Grill. It was fun, and we sat out on the patio and enjoyed dinner next to the man made river that runs through Bricktown. It was a lot pricey, but it's one of those things that we wanted to do once and now we can say that we've been there, done that and don't have to go back.
While in OKC for the weekend I made a drastic change in my appearance. I have had long hair for several years now, and decided that enough was enough, and I got 10-11 inches cut off. I love it and so does the DH, which was who kept telling me I needed long hair. It's much easier to take care of and I can still put it up and keep it out of my face.
We finally got all the parts needed to break down the computer that the ds was using for his school work last year and install everything onto the new computer that he is going to use this year. It is amazing how much time it takes to reorganize everything so that the system works again. Now he is finishing off third grade while still doing some things for fourth grade, but should finish everything this week or the middle of next week and then start fourth grade in earnest. One of the things about homeschooling is that we do it all year round, so it is not really a big deal that he won't be starting his school year until the middle of October. We will just be doing school until the first of July next year and then won't have quite the gap to fill in that we had this year.
I never realised how much harder school got in fourth grade until we started working through the items that I picked up for the summer. It is in the fourth grade that kids have to learn the multiplication tables (which ds says he hates with a passion); the writing and stuff that they do becomes much more precise, so we are on a constant quest to keep the ds from disliking things so much while making it easier for him to learn. We also have decided that we are going to continue to use the Switched on Schoolhouse for Math, Language Arts and Science and use a devotional and Jones Bible curriculum for his Bibe and start the History of the World for History. I got really discouraged and disgruntled last year when the history and geography program was more geared towards the politically correct way of teaching about the community, and less geared toward teaching children about HISTORY. I also don't want the ds to go through school and not get a good understanding about the history, and not the revised history that is taught in schools today, of our world and even more specifically, our country. He seems to have a much better grasp of geography, at least of the US, than most kids his age, and I know that that comes from travelling the country as we do.
OK, I think I have rambled on enough for one night, and will call it quits and join the rest of my family in bed. We have to go to Astoria, OR tomorrow, which is someplace that we have never been, so we will get to see the Pacific Ocean in a new place.
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