Good grief! it took me half an hour to FIND my blog!  I was inspired to return here and blog cuz my daughter is now at HB! Woo hoo!  I would direct you to her site, but I have no idea how to get there.   That info will be forthcoming in the next blog.

Did not realize it had been that long since I had blogged! 

We've been busy of course - like all of you.  School is going fairly well.  I keep telling myself it will be easier next year when Roo is 3, not 2. He is very high maintenance!

Joshua is doing character studies this year out of a book someone gave us and it is THE THING.  We both are really enjoying it, learning, sharing, etc.  and i think it is making a difference and will continue to as we go on.  I am looking forward to the next two doing it also. They are twins, but i am not going to have them do it at the same time.  One first, then the other.  My kids (I am sure they are the only ones) have an awful time with "losing" things.  One kid one book is more than enough!

My second oldest turns 17 this month. I like that.  Know why?  LOL - cuz she will be over compulsory age. ha ha - no more freaking out about record keeping.   Isn't life hilarious?

I met two girls this past year who got tossed out of school, one 17, one 16.  So I thought if i just sent my kids to school and let them get kicked out then i wouldn't have to keep any records at all.   They weren't into it.  Even tho my 16yo knows 4 ways to get kicked out!

Other than the new character studies, it is reading, writing, and rithmetic as usual with social studies tossed in and science ALL THE TIME!  I love science and everything is science!  Of course you can call a lot of things social studies too!

I have tons on my list TO DO - ballroom dancing, first aid course, and more. But it waits nicely.  I graduated my first, and I feel very good about who he is and what we did. We did not cover everything I wanted covered, but I still felt good about it.

I listened to a VERY edifying program today - Chip Ingram LIVING ON THE EDGE.  He was talking about parenting/raising kids and he said there were three things that showed your children had transferred their dependence to Christ from their parents.  He said, "I don't want to raise my children to be independent."  It was a good point!

The 3 things are:

1. They make wise decisions.

2. They keep their committments.

3. They genuinely care for others.

Looking at those, I can be very pleased at how John turned out.  He really does love the Lord and has a passion for Christ.  He does genuinely care for others, and he has long made wise decisions and kept his committments.  Even when they were unpleasant.  All around he is an incredible young man and we are SO proud of him!  In thinking on that today I realized I need to tell him. I have and I do think he knows, but I am going to tell him again just because I think you can never hear it enough. 

I don't know if anyone is interested, but I think I might post some parenting "stuff" on here as it comes.  I have a lot of thoughts on the subject.  I know I will post a "thought" i penned not too long after John's graduation.  On seeing our children as potential rather than as problems.

Let me go look for that now. 

I hope to increase my readership on here. If anyone has any ideas on how to do that, let me know.  I guess I love an audience.  LOL

Jo out

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