The younger boys and I are doubling up on our Sonlight to try to finish it early. I had ordered Core 1 because I had one student 1st grade, and one 4th grade...and I didn't want to skip anything.

It really was not reccomended to me to order such a low core, but it has worked well for us. Older J really loves it, as he is one that becomes extremely frustrated at being overly challenged. He has made great progress since I have slowed things down for him and allowed the natural learning process to take over.

We will be finishing up week 14 on Friday. We're studying Egypt and are so enjoying all their book reccomendations. Had I been a little more organized I would have tried to beef it up a smidge...considering the ages of my children. I'm so thankful for a company that offers such great books, and without my having to search for them though.

I'm hoping that Daddy L will do some of the hands on stuff with them on Friday. We ordered a kit from Hands and Hearts (I think I put it the right way..I have reversed it before) with all sorts of hands on Egyptian things. I just haven't dug them out and done them yet...that's really more Daddy L's *thing*.

We're reading Missionary Stories with the Millers also, and my boys (real boy boys) LOVE this book. It's a bit graphic, and I would not reccomend it for children who have been very sheltered. My boys haven't been so much so, and it doesn't really *bother* them...

We finished up Henry Huggins today and I have to say that we have really loved this book. I love reading it aloud because I like to be very expressive, and this book allows me to do that...it's a hoot!

In the last chapter today, Henry almost loses his dog, Ribsy. My boys totally related to that, as we have a stray dog (we are apt to pick them up, care for them, and find them new homes...sometimes) that we dearly love. His name is Timmy, and he's a housedog. He thinks he's a cat...and everyone who has ever visited us has asked us for this dog. He's just THE perfect dog.

After we were done with the book the boys started calling him to see who he would come to...who's dog was he *really*. It was cute...and showed me that they were really interested and listening to the story.

Sonlight has brought some wonderful books into our home that we would never have read...Sonlight ROCKS!