This has been an incredibly long two weeks! I had to take Carmilita to many doctors apts. All but one ended with a follow up the next week making it a two week tour of duty  She had an ear infection, and needs glasses, and it's a pretty strong prescription. We will be seeing a pediactric optomotrist to help correct her "lazy eye", but we have to get the vision under control first.

Her mom's not doing well. She's taken a turn for the worse. Tuesday she only stayed at the visit for 20 minutes, and she called and said she wasn't going to make it for Thursday's visit at all. I'm so torn between having compassion for this poor woman and so glad that Carmi's not with her. I don't know where this will all go, we are hoping for adoption, but that could be a very long road. In the process I am praying that this be the fastest adoption on record and we finalize before 3 years is up! You can pray that the Lord will open the right doors, we do feel like she is a part of our family, and we have bonded with her from the very first day. 

Luke is a busy boy! He's full swing into his new virtual school. At first I was thinking I had made a huge mistake, but now that I have it all figured out and under control, I love it. It's a public school that uses the K12 curriculum. I like it so much I ended up adding in science, world history which focuses on world religions, and art that follows the history cycle he is in. We decided that it would be better for him to be learning about world religions at home with us from a christian perspective than getting hit with it in college from a liberal point of view-depending on his college choice.

Nick was feeling a little bored with his math, and just finished up his book, so I enrolled him part time in the virtual school for math, art and language arts. I think I am going to drop the language arts peice. The K12 people told me he could start where ever he tests at, and the teacher said he has to take the tests so they have documentation that he knows the stuff. Well, that would be about 120 tests!! I don't think so!! Eric and I aren't seeing eye to eye, but I am the one who has to teach the material and go through the hassle of printing 120 tests! YUCK!! I'm pretty sure I know who will win this one! LOL

I will put a picture of the boys Viking Longships they made this week in my pics. They turned out really good. For art we sketched landscapes and today we did watercolors. I will put those in too so you can see them. My chaotic week ended on a good note, even though I am really tired.

TTFN

natalie and co.