Well, we just keep plugging on through :-)  Ty's really enjoying this year, even though it's a lot more work.  Today he asked me what he gets to cut down on next year, he was kind of floored when I told him, "nothing".  He decided he likes the challenge in the end, though.

He started Bible Blast with one of his best friends this week, he loves it!  He's made me make him wall charts so that he can get on with memorizing, he's already done with the Lord's Prayer and on to several other things.  He's also really enjoying working on his Scout pins and Royal Ranger badges.

I think what he's liking most this year is lapbooking and notebooking.  Right now, we're working on several from Hands of A Child (www.handsofachild.com), including Genesis from the Bible Prospectors and the Anglo-Saxons for History.  He actually asked to do the Anglo-Saxons, and is really enjoying it!  We read about them nearly every day, and he is getting really excited to see the finished product, when he's all done with the foldables.  I like it too - it comes with great research (that I certainly never learned about in school) and an awesome bibliography - we found so much incredible stuff online to go with the unit - which is great, because there are very few good children's books on the Anglo-Saxons!

I can't say enough about the Bible packs either...a month ago, he was insisting that I needed to read his Bible to him; the moment I brought out the lapbook, he opened up his Bible, read his chapter, and did the foldable!  It's been that way nearly every day for a month, and he can't wait to start Exodus.  Finally, a curriculum tool he really enjoys - and gets a lot out of!

He decided he wants to do an "extra" lapbook unit each month - as a reward for getting his schoolwork done!  Still looking into what we'll do during December, some sort of Christmas unit...January is History of Sports from HOAC (as baseball will be starting up), and February will be something on Botany and Carnivorous Plants.  It's cool to see how excited he is!

We're having fun gearing up for Thanksgiving, too.  We got some great cookbooks from the library, and he can't wait to try out the recipes!  With all that he wants to do, Thanksgiving may last through Easter, lol...

Not much else going on.  Just trying to keep up with everything!  This is the first year I can honestly say we're both looking forward to Winter Break :-)  School is going really well this year, but we kicked it up a few notches, and wow, are we both looking forward to the break in December.  I think we'll make very good use of it this year!