Is it really April already?  I can't believe how the time has flown.  I've taken quite a long hiatus, but I have missed you guys.  I have missed your blogs, your children, your schooling, and your lives!

Things here in the Honeycutt Household have been pretty trying so far this year financially.  After the layoffs, Mike ended up taking a medical leave.  He was going to physical therapy three times a week and to the doctors about weekly.   He just recently went back to work.  But overally, we have been very blessed. 

The kids are all doing tremendously well.

Jennah, my sweet pea, is still getting all A's in school.  She is still just as kind hearted and sensitive as ever.  She is just like her mother with a book always in hand.

Jacob, THE BOY, is also doing excellent in school.  His heel problem was minor and he is totally healthy now.  He has become interested in art, so I am encouraging him to do more drawing.  It's about the only thing he wants to do aside from getting on the computer, watching t.v., harrassing his sisters, or playing video games, so I highly enjoy this new hobby!

Emme turned seven in February.  She is now reading short books and is about at grade level with her reading.  She's doing well with math and history.  She has taken a big interest in animals and has been learning about many of them, the giraffe still her favorite with the dolphin and flamingo close behind.  We've started a new handwriting program, as her handwriting is extremely sloppy (just like her sister and brother's!)  So far it is going well and her writing is more legible.

I'm still going back and forth with homeschooling.  I want to continue.  I do.  I've decided to work from home, because I can't bare the thought of being tied down to the job if one of the kids need me.  I also wouldn't be able to drive Mike to and from work and we would need a second car. 

My biggest problem now is my parents.  Not sending her to school will cause a big rift between us.  I know this shouldn't change my mind towards homeschooling, and I know many of you have had to face similar problems in the past. 

So, I'm back here to discuss curriculum, get encouraged again, and share what we're doing.

Right now we are studying early America.  We went over Pilgrims and discovering American in kindergarten as well, but we are doing it in more detail.  I'll post the books we are using in another post.  We are doing a lot of phonics work as well, and she is doing really, really excellent in that area. 

We will be doing school throughout the summer with all three children.  I don't have it planned out as of yet, but I would like to teach all three at the same time for some subjects.  If I can get Jacob to sit still and behave during this, it would be a wonderful experience for all four of us.  I hope I can get it to work.   Jennah will have work to do on her own, since she is off to sixth grade next year!  Middle school.  Now THAT I am really worried about.

Ok -- well, I hope you will all  accept me back into the homeschooling circle!  I've missed you all and I so look forward to catching up on your journals!

Many blessings,

Sherry