Today the girls and I attended our yearly curriculum fair.  We go the Southeastern Homeschool Expo which gets larger each year.  This year's keynote speaker of interest to me was Susan Wise Bauer.  I read The Well Trained Mind when Josh was in the fourth grade and I have to say it was the book that has had the most profound effect on how we homeschool.  It's been wonderful to hear her speak--and it doesn't hurt that she speaks very well: amusing and informative giving lots of info in a small amount of time.  Tomorrow I"m going back and I can't wait to hear her thoughts on writing and how to read a book!

The girls were supposed to be helping me choose stuff for the coming school year.  Well, they keep the convention hall at absolute arctic temperatures and Rebecca was not a happy camper.  She wanted to go home after lunch, but there were too many workshops that I didn't want to miss.  She made out like a little bandit however because she picked a T-shirt and she bought a couple of books written by a homeschooled 17 year old!

Here is the address for this gracious young lady:

http://www.epicscrolls.com/

Rebecca bought a t-shirt and a copy of the first Mighty Stallion for her friend's birthday next week and the author signed the book, so Rebecca is really excited about giving this particular book.  She also bought a copy of the book for herself as well as a copy of Iron Heart.  I will review these after I get a chance to read them.

Unfortunately it was difficult to get her opinions about the things I wanted to look at.  Had I done the looking first thing when we arrived there wouldn't have been a problem, but because there were back to back workshops I didn't want to miss, it was 3:00 in the afternoon before we really started "shopping" and after freezing for five hours, my baby was cranky.  She did take a look at the most important things: Omnibus I, Tapestry of Grace, and a couple of personal finance workbooks, but she flat out said she couldn't make a good decision.  We have a disc with a three week sample of Tapestry of Grace and so we will look at websites and the sample over the coming week and make a decision.  Or else I'll just pick one tomorrow and we'll do it for the next twelve months!