Well, the New Year is upon us (has it been OVER a month since I posted? yikes)! We ended up the month with a break a few days before Christmas. Kim was home for two weeks and we had lots of fun, enjoyed the spiritual nature of Christmas and celebrated the birth of our Saviour in a wonderful way. Now, back to the grind. But it's not a grind, is it? Regan is beginning grade 1 stuff (reading and math). He learned to read his first page of his reader today! woohoo! I think it will be a slightly slower process than with Sinéad (who took off with reading like a shot. I didn't have to do any teaching at all, really. Just pointed her in the right direction). Sinéad is almost finished Gamma (Math U See), only a few lessons left. They are halfway through Book 1 of the Story of the World and we are doing lots of other fun stuff. I got The Well Educated Mind for Christmas, oh I was so excited! I plan on incorporating much more TJeD this year, mostly into my own life first. We have fun field trips planned this month and the children look forward to the last half of the school year. Sinéad is 8 next week and is baptised at the end of the month (27th), Regan turns 6 in January. Aisling is just doign so much (climbing is one of her favourite things right about now, sigh).

Hope everyone has a wonderful, prosperous, adventurous and educational New Year! Think of the Possibilities!