Mar. 29, 2007
Back on the Homestead
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We're home and back in the saddle again - well, maybe, on a good day. It sure is hard picking life back up and remembering where you were. We were home for a week when my husband had to turn around and travel to Las Vegas for work. Finally, we are all here and healthy and moving forward with daily life again. We had planned to go to the mountains where we spent our honeymoon in October. It will be our 15th anniversary and we've never been back. The children have never really been to the mountains. But, it's hard to think about traveling again right now! Guess we should give it another month or so before making that decision. While we were away two of the boys had birthdays. Our middle son is now nine years old and our baby is now five years old. I, so vividly, remember their births and the hospital rooms and bringing them home - it's hard to believe that they are growing up so fast. We get a small break from birthday season before we start it over again in July. We and our oldest have birthdays in July. Our oldest will be 12....and well....I'm in denial. It's so true what they say -- "The days are long, but the years are short". I don't know who it was that gave them permission to grow up on me like this?! :) I'm in the process of trying to prepare some for next (school) year. Looking into Teaching Textbooks for my oldest. I'm not a math girl, so this will, hopefully, be a lifesaver for us. I'm trying to search for a similar program for Language Arts. Maybe I'm just hoping against hope, but I'd love to find something that fit in with life better. Math and L.A. are easily the bane of homeschooling for me. (Largely because someone, I won't say who, hates grading....bet you can't guess who that is?!) Spring fever with all of it's many symptoms has set in around here. This is the time of year when everyone starts longing for summer break I believe. We'll be working into the summer some since we've had to take so many breaks this year. That's okay though; we'll make the most of it. My motto seems to be "Ya do what ya gotta do". No sense in complaining. As homeschoolers, we have the advantage of having that flexibility. So, it's all good. But, for now, back to the grind.... |