Well, seems I can't get this template to let me change anything anymore.  Since HSB changed I have had trouble.  Not complaining mind you.  Just the techno-challenged at work again.

Anyway I wanted to change our curriculum for this year.  No big changes really just math for now.  We are using Math U See.  I love this curriculum!  I have had several friends introduce me to it and I had actually decided last year to use it but didn't want to switch midstream last year.  So we started with it for this year.  If any of you are sitting on the fence wondering about it, order the demo video.  It was the catalyst that helped me decide it was the right choice for DS. 

We have started out slowly for this year.  Though I am still working in the house getting it settled and cleaning out all this stuff, I felt the need to get back in our routine.  That has helped us so much.  Routine is a good thing and I see the difference not only in myself but in DS when we are off our routine for very long.  DS loves the Math U See and instead of rote memorization, which in and of itself isn't necessarily bad, he is really understanding math.  I love watching his eyes light up when he 'gets it.' 

Reading is going well.  I think I may get his eyes checked because he complains of how tired reading makes him.  We know he has mild astigmatism but since we homeschool the eye Dr. decided not to give him glasses.  Now I am thinking he may need them.  So I still read to him a good bit during the day.

We are back working on our Catechism again, memory verses, copywork for handwriting, and lots of sitting on the couch and snuggling while reading.  We are reading Teddy's Button again.  It is a Lamplighter book that we have read before but DS loves the story so much he asks to have it read again and again.

Each and every day, I am reminded of God's faithfulness to me as I seek to obey His calling to homeschool.  He reaches out to me as I read His Word and pray each day.  I can't imagine doing this without Him.  And He is faithful to gently remind me of His plan for our school and for our lives.  We have such little precious time with our child and I am so thankful that I get to share each day with him.  I am so thankful that I have the freedom and opportunity to protect him from all that he would be exposed to in the schools before he has the capability and maturity to handle it.  Though there are days when I feel a desire to hide in the bathroom or wonder if DS will make it to his next birthday (*grin*), I am so glad to have him home with me.

Thanks to you all for sticking by me when I don't blog regularly.  I am still here and loving homeschooling and loving my military hubby and son.  Until next post....."May God make His face to shine upon you and give you peace...."