I am a homeschooling mother of 3 children (7,4 and 17mos) and a wife of (almost) 16 years to my dear, sweet, amazingly supportive husband. 

We will begin our second year of homeschooling in about 3 weeks.  DS7 will be doing My Fathers World Adventures and DD4.75 will be doing MFW Kindergarten 3 days per week and attending preschool at a local church two days per week.  We struggled with the decision to send her to preschool but in the end, it is the right thing to do for our family and for her.  She really, really wants to go and this is a great program for her.   In addition to MFW we will use Shiller Math, Handwriting Without Tears, Drawing with Children, Spelling by Sound and Structure and Rosetta Stone Spanish. 

Last year we had very little structure in our homeschool and things were pretty chaotic.  I am hoping to have a little more structure this year.  Our youngest has some special needs, which means lots of therapy and appointments, so it is difficult to stick to the traditional "school in the morning" schedule but I am hoping if I plan out each day a little better things will go more smoothly.

The other thing we will do differently this year is to join a local support group.  There are three large groups near by.  We just need to decide which one meets our needs thebest.  One of our main goals in joining is to have little boys for ds to play with.  Most of his playmates are girls because all of my friends have girls.  He is hungry for more male companionship. 

Thanks so much for visiting our virtual Open House.  I look forward to meeting more of you as I visit for Open House.  Thanks Tianly for organizing this!