We are SO in need of a school vacation.  This year has been hectic, emotional, and hard to keep a good paper trail on.  I broke my own rules this year by not keeping things as up-to-date as I like, what with my Dad's care being so time consuming. Throw in a newborn for the school year, a near-death experience for Mom,  a solid month of RSV and walking pnuemonia for the kids,  and you have one school year chock full of real-life learning.  Now the question is how to get all my record keeping done, document some of our real-life adventures, and prove learning happened. I may get some negative reaction for what I'm about to say, but this is one year I'm glad we have testing through our umbrella school. I really need an outside corroboration of our homeschool accomplishments.

Bring on Summer break!