Tomorrow we start back to schooling.  Tomorrow we begin schooling all six children.  My twin girls will be doing pre-school Lord willing.  Our Christmas vacation was very good.  Our Lord blessed us with so much to be thankful for!  The themed gifts for  the boys and girls went pretty well.  There is always someone who gives an extra gift or two that does not really go in the theme of things but it works out.  Every one loved what they were given.  Now today is to put the rooms back in order.  We have had such a good time visiting friends and relatives.  And now to get our house back together will be great! 

I think we will be doing the Konos unit study of Trust.  My friend really wants me to do that study with her.  So, here it goes.  The boys I'm sure are going to love it.  Boats and airplanes!  I do believe it takes a lot of trust to get into either one of those contraptions.

I guess for our little girls I will have to look at some innovative ways to teach a "sweet" story or two about boats and airplanes bring our loved ones home to our family.  Hmmmm.  Sounds like a good oppurtunity to share about true love.  Or maybe I will let them make boat cookies!  I want our oldest girl who is 10 to read Beautiful Girlhood with me this year.  She seems to have so many questions about love and life and death.  I remember thinking about those things but I don't think I ever talked with my mother about them.  I guess I already knew in my heart that she did not have the right answer.  I was not a teenager.  I was probably eight years old. 

My oldest boy is going to be reading Young Man, Be Strong by David G. Burkholder.  My husband read it last year to see if it was something that would benefit our boys.  He kept saying things like:  "Why didn't anyone tell me this when I was a boy?"  "I wish I could have read this as a boy."  So, I put the book in front of our oldest boy and said..."Please read this soon!" 

I will keep a post on our progress in these two areas.  I pray all of ya'll had a wonderful, grace filled holiday!

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Posted by Robinlyn

Hi, I hope you have a great start with school this new year. I read Beautiful Girlhood to my girls several years ago and we really enjoyed it. It is so amazing to me all the wonderful resources there are to teach and train our children. Before we started homeschooling, I had never heard of any of these things. Praise the Lord for His mercy to us in helping us to raise up children for Him.

BTW, thank you for your kind comment on my blog.
~Robin

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Posted by doehillhomeschool

I just found your blog and am enjoying it. Blessings!

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Posted by Ruth

It sounds like you have some wonderful things planned for this year. I hope it all goes well. I am reading Beautiful Girlhood with my daughter, too.
Ruth

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