Today is our first day of school this week as two of my little ones have been sick. We are trying to catch up a bit...there has been a lot of balking at this. I never know whether we should "make-up" the days we miss or just adjust to the set back. We are using a unit curriculum that allows us to be pretty easy-going and as far as everything else (math, science, etc.)...well I just assign it as we go.

I remember when I was in public school as a kid and I would always wonder why we never finished the textbook. In fact sometimes I was disappointed:) I had looked ahead and was anticipating studying a certain thing. Especially in science. I always figured we should start up where we left off the next year and we never did.

Well my children would probably be ecstatic if we never finished any textbooks or anything for that matter. Although they do anticipate our reading time. We are doing the Further Up and Further In series based on the Chronicles of Narnia. It's really fun!

So, back to catching up, we are slogging along like toads in molasses. My 10yos is groaning here at the table and seems to have forgotten all that he ever learned. Except how to tell time..."Ohhh maaaan it's already 2o'clock!!" 

I don't know, maybe we should quit, but to be honest he really hasn't done much. Maybe two pages of math? Yes, we had a late start but that means he has only done 2 pages of math since 10am!! See what I mean, molasses, I say! Molasses. Yeeesh!