Wow!  I had no idea this was my 300th post until I went to write it!  How awesome is that?! 

We've had another really fulfilling week of homeschooling.  It's just getting better and better.  Her reading is REALLY taking off and I tested her with a Scholastic book and she is reading slightly above grade level!  *sigh*  What a relief!  I knew if I just gave her time it would happen!  Over the past few weeks she has read a 130-page Dick and Jane book, some Dr. Suess books, and other easy readers.  It's an incredible feeling!

The other day my Dad actually said ... "You ARE putting her in school next year, right?  She's smart as a whip!  You know how I know?  Because she was correcting ME!  I bet once she goes to school she will just attack that schoolwork!"   *sigh*  I had to bite my tongue.  HOW does he think she GOT to be "smart as a whip?"  WHY does he think she is so inquisitive?  He has NO IDEA what we do during a school day.  For all he knows, we sit at home and watch television! 

Today we sat at my parents' kitchen table with "Backyard Garden" magazine and Emme pointed out and identified nearly a dozen birds.  I bet neither of my parents could do that.  She's got a very firm foundation in the history of the early United States, science, religion, phonics, music, art, etc.  I'm proud of the work we've accomplished this year -- and I KNOW I am not doing it for kudos from others or respect from my parents.  I'm doing this because I know it's the best thing for her and that I want to raise her to be a Godly young lady. 

So, although that disheartened me a little bit, it doesn't change my resolve to continue homeschooling her.  In fact, I started another blog just to keep track of what we do every day.  At some point I will give the link to my dad (he doesn't know how to get to a blog website or even how to open an email, but i'll help him to figure it out -- by the way, emme is self-sufficient on the computer.......hmmmph) 

I don't mean to disrespect my father.  I respect  him more than anyone -- but I only wish he would get on board and support me in this. 

In case you are wondering what our day to day looks like, feel free to check out our curriculum blog:

http://educatingemme.blogspot.com  If you give me a few more days, I am going to have over 100 great links on the side bar to help other homeschoolers!  I just set the blog up yesterday and I've been going through them and trying to organize them into categories.  (SoCalVal if you are reading this, I will email you the list when I get them sorted!)

I'm sorry this sounded downbeat, as things are really going well.  We have four more weeks of Term Three, full time school, then we will have "Summer Term" -- which will be more laid back, more fun -- but still working on areas that need improvement.

During the summer, I will be posting what I'm teaching Jennah and Jake as well.  The books we are all reading, etc.  Blogger is much easier to update than Homeschoolblogger (as much as I love it here!) and it's so easy to personalize the blog. 

Well, thanks for sticking around for 300 posts!  I hope to post another 300!

Sherry