I am still here but have been very bad about blogging!  I am ready now to get you caught up on what we have been doing.  Well, let's see.......  We stopped school on July 14 and went to CT for almost 3 weeks.  We had a wonderful time with family and friends and the boys loved playing with their cousins .  We arrived home on August 7 and began school on August 14th.  We decided that we would try a 4 day school week this year with 9 weeks off from school throughout the year :) My oldest is in 1st grade and my little guy is in preschool, ages 6 and 4.   This is our 5th week of school and  we are very much enjoying ourselves!!!  We are using FIAR and we love reading the classic books.  Even my little guy is doing  great.  My oldest is also doing 1st grade BJU math and Grammar made simple.  We also pick an animal a week to learn about and each boy has their appropriate Gotta Have God Devotion book.  I absolutely love the critical thinking company and have many of their books for both boys!!  It is great and really gets them thinking.   We went on a family camping trip the first week in Sept  and had a blast.  This is my favorite time of the year and I am feeling quite blessed to be able to homeschool my little guys.  We went apple/pumpkin picking this past weekend. The pumpkins were great but the apples not so good.  They were pretty much picked over but we got a few golden delicious.  Anyway it is good to be back with you all :)  I will get some photos up soon. Have a great week.

Allison