Well, I'm done with my babysitting job!  I'll miss them, but I'm quite releived it's over for now.  I must say that I've learned several lessons since I started in January.

~My children & I need structure.

~I've got to get more gusto & organization in both housework & schoolwork.

~Even though I have not always acted like it, I truly love my little family. 

Yesterday evening I got my closet & dresser cleaned out.  I got all the clothes I don't wear & gave them to a friend to look through & then put in her rummage sale.  I also got all of the winter things put away & organized my summer things.  Now everytime I walk into my closet or get something from a drawer I'll have a good feeling! (I know little things amaze me)

I've been looking through the new homeschool catalogs that have been coming in.  I am pretty sure I know what I will need & after the used book sale & what I already have, that's not too much.

I think I'm going back to LLATL for both kiddos.  Hunter has used it in 6th grade & he was not crazy about it, but honestly he's not crazy about any schoolwork.   Princess has never used it & she is just getting good at reading so I'm starting her off in the yellow one (says 3rd grade)  

When Hunter used it before it was much easier for me.  You basically just open it up and do the assigned lesson & he was done for the day.  All the work stays in the student book.  The only thing I did extra was had him write the spelling words out & do an extra thing with those.

Day 1:  Write all words & define any you don't know

Day 2:  Write words in a sentence

Day 3:  Write words 3x each

Day 4:  Test

We usually have a 4 day week because Daddy is off on Friday's.

I think Princess will do well with this too.  I've looked at some sample pages in the yellow one & the books used in it will appeal to her.  We'll probably read them together.

For science we'll use Apologia.  Zoology for her & Biology for him.

History/Geography--I'm looking into Mystery of History but may just go with the workbooks & some added reading for that. 

For arithmetic I'll keep her in Rod & Staff until she finishes the book she's in now.  Then I'll either get their next book or try her in the Practical Arithmetic books I have.  Hunter will use practical arithmetic.

 The old fashioned education has great links to history & science books for free.  We'll use some of those too. 

I plan on getting more housework done today & putting our new chore charts to use this coming week.  Then I'm hoping to get everything back on track! 

I hope everyone has a great week!!!