OK, we've done school now for two full weeks.  It has had its challenges, but we've managed to get it done.  This week we were back to a full schedule, and we managed to get most of it done.  We've really hit math hard, since two of the boys are almost finished with a book, and that has been our biggest challenge.  I really wanted them to work on mostly math these two weeks and get those books done, but the I underestimated the difficulty of the work they were doing (especially my oldest), and they have needed more time to work and correct problems than I expected.  Ahhhh . . .  but to have these books finished!  I can't wait, because then it's back to simple stuff, and I'll really feel like we're making tracks for a while.

I have also realized my desperate need for a more disciplined schedule.  Each of the boys needs to know when he is going to sit down with me and work, and I need to anticipate that each will have to spend some time with me.  For the oldest, it is more about having a time to ask questions and express his frustrtaions over things he feels he isn't getting, and yet he does need that time. Early in our efforts to resume school, I was still trying to get other things done, and school wasn't getting completed as well.  This week has been easier, since I threw my back out and have been down, forcing me to be a little more available.  It has been easier this week to get it all done.

My final goal for the upcoming weeks is to leave the TV off a little more.  We're still having a little trouble letting go of our media feast over Christmas break, and I need to reserve it for weekends when we finally gotten it all done, and maybe occasional afternoons when we get a certain goal completed on time.  (We've been watching recordings of an old sitcom, a treat at lunch while we eat.)  Yeah, I know.  I really just need to starve that appetite and eliminate it.  It's just so hard.

So there you have it.  Our "progress report."  And yes, I actually wrote about homeschooling on my homeschool blog!  Imagine that!