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Well, since my last post about telling of the Lord's goodness, I've been busy trying to get a school schedule in place. Although this will be my 4th official year of HSing, it will be my first year having 2 students. This will be fun! Rell Jr. will be in Kindergarten. He's already asking to "do school". This kid has a lot of questions. Whew!, I can't keep up. The things he comes up with are priceless. He's been having fun dictating stories for me to write down. The other day he told me that he has a SEQUEL to one of his stories ~LOL~. I love seeing him sitting there trying to figure out how things work. He is also my little prayer warrior. My mom calls all the time when she is not feeling well and asks him to pray for her. This is also my child that prays, "Dear God, please don't let us have string beans tonight". He really dislikes them. I'm looking forward to learniing with him this year.
Briana will be in third grade. She is my little helper. She's always asking, "can I help with anything?" Her passion these days is cooking. Maybe there is a future chef in the making. I honestly want her to have a better foundation than I did when she gets married and has a family of her own. I'm having to learn from scratch all the things that keeping a home requires. It's fun learning to care for and serve my family. My hearts gets all warm and fuzzy when I see my family enjoying a meal that I have prepared. My goal is to equip my kids with necessary life skills. I don't want them sitting around with friends 20 years from now sharing memories and saying "Boy, my mom could make a goood sandwich!" ~LOL~ Briana refers to the boys as "the brothers" and she does a good job keeping them straight. Her brothers think she's so smart. It's really precious to see them interact with each other. She doesn't play with dolls much because she would much rather dress-up and play with her sister, Israel. She also likes to go off and read. She's a strong reader. This summer we will brush up on her math skills because they aren't as strong. This will be a good year for her. Praise the Lord.
Ryan, the 2 year old, is USDA all boy! He could easily star in a video called "Toddlers gone wild" ROFLOL! Needless to say that we are walking the road of teaching him to obey cheerfully the first time. I believe this has to be established before anything else. We are also working on toilet training. Some days he wants to some days he doesn't. I'm convinced that this child could change his own diaper! He can go and get one and open it and lie down to be changed. When I change him he's always careful to say "thank you mommy". I know that he can go potty becaue I've seen him do it but when I ask if he needs to go potty, he always says NO SIR (too funny!). I won't rush him because I'm sure I won't be packing pull-ups in his suitcase when he leaves for college!!! This is the child that the Lord has given me to make sure that I keep an active and vibrant prayer life. My favorite thing to say is, "I loooooooooooove my RYAN!! He's my daily workout. He brings us a lot of joy!
Israel is a princess in the making. She's just starting to walk and she's busy. She loves to give hugs and kisses. When her and Ryan get together it's too funny. She has captured her daddy's heart. Israel loves music, she's never met a gospel song that she didn't like. We love to put on praise music and watch her dance. The other day I had on a long skirt and she grabbed on and began to dance and jump. It was the cutest thing! I love watching my children praise the Lord.
I would like to have a little more relaxed schedule this year. Up until now we have done a lot of workbook type curriculum. I am leaning heavily towards the CM/Classical type of education for my children. We will use this summer to do lots of reading and filling in gaps. In the past we've done most of our schoolwork during naptime for the littles. I'm thinking of changing to mornings though, but have to figure out how to incorporate my 2 and 1 year old. They are pretty busy now, especially since Israel is walking now. My main goal is teaching them to obey but also making time for snuggling. Character training and teaching them to love the Lord is very important to us. I'm sure this schedule will fall into place. I have enjoyed reading other blogs about organization and planning. I've been gleaning and seeking Him to find what works for our family. God help us to do your will in training up a Godly seed (Malachi 2:15). Amen
Blessings to you today! Veronica
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