The end is near…sort of

Well, we are nearing the end of our school year…in a way.  We school  all year ’round only taking the whole month of August off.  We do take time off throughout the year but the bulk of the time is August.  That being said we are nearly done with the lessons I planned for this school year.  In fact the Boy has completed geometry and already started next year’s pre-calculus.  He’s nearly done with biology and has finished his history.  Likewise, the girls have nearly finshed their language arts work and math is almost completed, too.  That really only leaves history reading and nature studies.  We took a brake from formal science for Mimi and Lala has continued working through general science…she’ll finish it up next year (8th grade) as planned.  We took it a litte easier this year as it was our first year doing high school and I wanted to be sure to get a handle on that with as little stress as possible.  Tink’s kindergarten was rather stop and start but we did succeed with reading as she read her first book by herself two weeks ago.  We still have a bit of work to do over the summer to get her ready for next year…but the good thing about homeschooling is that she can work through everything at her pace.  She is our youngest Kindergartener thus far and the difference that a few months in the age one starts formal schooling makes a huge difference.  I really feel that I should have waited to “start” Kindergarten until she was at least 5.5 yo.  Ah…hindsight is 20/20.  However, she did well and we are proud of her accomplishments!

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Winding down the year.

Here it is the end of December…the chicks are still enjoying the newness of their Christmas bounty, the sun is shining and the air is crisp and the house is fairly quiet…yes, Babycakes is napping. The last year has been a long one…not in terms of time, obviously, but in terms of trials in the form of health issues–ours and those of friends. Thankfully all the issues have been sorted out and the prognosis is good all around. It has also been a year of first’s: the Boy’s first paid job, the first whole-family camping trip, and the first teenager in the house.
We’ve made new friends and cherished our lasting relationships with old friends. We’ve begun to get more involved in our local Homeschooling group and much to our surprise we’ve been blessed beyond measure. We are getting more involved with our church family–our home becoming the unofficial Youth Group Social Activity Venue. And I we’ve become closer as a family…understanding each other better and tolerating each other’s differences more graciously (at least I hope I am). All in all this year has been a good one. We are all here and healthy, our children are learning and growing and loving the Lord. The Dear Knight and I still love each other and the life we have. We are so blessed!

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