For Today from my Simple Woman's Daybook...
Outside my window... the sun is setting on a warm July evening.
I am thinking... what a wonderful week it was at VBS!From our homeschool room... excitedly awaiting new curriculum for the coming school year to arrive!
I am thankful for... finally getting a chance to get to the salon yesterday and get new highlights and a haircut. For the bouquet of sunflowers from my husband and kids after a long week.
From the kitchen... this week I made lemon bars with blueberries for the VBS volunteers. They were a big hit!I am wearing ... shorts, t-shirt, flip flops
I am reading... Lessons at Blackberry Inn by Karen Andreola (a great Charlotte Mason book).
I am hoping... for a restful weekend.
I am creating... this week - invitations to Devin's Baseball Birthday Party.I am praying... for all the kids who attended VBS, for our new school year which begins in a month, for my husband and children.Around the house... catching up on laundry, grocery shopping, and cooking out tonight.One of my favorite things... going to our pool, something we have missed this last week!
A few plans for the coming week... swimming, girls at ballet camp, working on an art project with a friend, cleaning house, pet sitting a friend's dog.
Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you...
Popsicle Day at VBS
For Today from my Simple Woman's Daybook...
Outside my window... a beautiful cool morning, especially for July. What a gift from God!
I am thinking... about VBS next week - serving 250 kids/crew leaders snack and seeing how God works through us.From our homeschool room... plans are coming together for next year, organizing is beginning, new school supplies and curriculum are being purchased.
I am thankful for... date night tonight with my hubby (dinner and a movie)!! Thankful for the Rhyne's watching our kids.
From the kitchen... Blueberry and Peach cobbler we made this week was so yummy! I love the fruits of summer.I am wearing... jeans, tshirt and flip flops.
I am reading... Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer and Lessons at Blackberry Inn by Karen Andreola (a great Charlotte Mason book).
I am hoping... for a wonderful Saturday with my husband and kids.
I am creating... some cards to send to friends.I am praying... for a friend who is suffering from a horrible illness and her family - that they may be strengthened, for a friend who leaves today on a Mountain Climbing Expedition - praying for God to keep her safe and that God work through her during this trip, for the children who will attend our VBS this week - that may of them would come to know Jesus, my family - my husband and children.
Around the house... it is a day for cleaning and trying to catch up on laundry before a very busy week.One of my favorite things... my iPhone!
A few plans for the coming week... VBS "Crocodile Dock"
Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you...
I can't believe I am already at my 100th post ... I began this blog last August to chronicle our daily lives as a homeschool family. It is a great way, during the school year, to keep track of all the things we do - experiments, field trips, special projects and extra curricular activities. At the end of this year, in December, we will have a full 12 months during one year chronicled. I am going to turn it into our Year End Scrapbook by having my posts all printed and bound by a company into a professional looking book.So, the lucky 100th post today, Foto Friday - it is a picture I took while in Asheville and I think it is one of my faves of all times because of the artsy look. The picture is of my sister Cassie lifting up Ava Mae so that she could pretend she was in the movie UP and being lifted off the ground by her helium balloons. The picture was taken inside the Grove Arcade which is a beautiful building architecturally wise.
Every Sunday, for the last year, when we are in town and not committed to another event we head to Waffle House for dinner. Our favorite waitress, Charlotte, is so sweet and always has our drinks ready almost before we even sit down.Some Sunday nights, especially during the school year, we have the whole place to ourselves. The kids love rocking out to the music they pick on the jukebox while sharing with Charlotte what all we have done for the past week.
We always sit at the high top counter and we have spent as long as 2 hours on nights when Charlotte has no other customer, just chatting about life, our homeschool goings on, what the kids learned at church that day, and she shares with us all about her little nieces she helps take care.
It is one tradition we really have grown to love and look forward to each Sunday.
The event planner in me, my professional career before kids, loves to plan! This is probably why I love this time of year. I enjoy planning the new school year, pouring through homeschool curriculum catalogs, researching information on the internet, and talking with fellow homeschool moms, both near and far.
So after many weeks of planning ... I feel there should be a drum roll here as I announce our plans for the 2009 - 2010 school year. ;)
One choice was really hard, I was pretty set on Sonlight for the coming year but, once again, I decided a curriculum more true to our Charlotte Mason Homeschool would better suit us. So, our primary curriculum will be Winter Promise for Devin and Lexi. We are doing American History I, which we are all so excited about. So this is what our year will look like:
Devin ~ History - American History I (Winter Promise); Bible - (Winter Promise); Language - Rod & Staff; Math - Horizons (3rd - 4th grade level); Handwriting/Art Study - Queen Homeschool Art & Handwriting Book; Nature Journal
Lexi ~ History - American History I (Winter Promise);
Bible - (Winter Promise); Phonics - Explode the Code; Math - Horizons (2nd grade level); Handwriting/Art Study - Queen Homeschool Art & Handwriting Book; Nature Journal
Ava Mae ~ Five In A Row;
Phonics - Rod & Staff (January);
Nature Journal
Extra Curricular Activities -
Monday
Lexi - ballet and tap 1 1/2 hours
Tuesday
Open for Now (possibly Devin in Fall/Winter Sports)
Possibly Lexi in Tennis Lessons
Wednesday
Devin, Lexi and Ava Mae - Choir and Missions Programs
Thursday
Ava Mae - Ballet/Tap 1 hour
Friday
Devin, Lexi and Ava Mae - Full Day at Timothy
Lexi - Irish Dance at Timothy
Devin and Lexi - private piano lessons
I think our schedule is coming together quite nicely. I am trying to work in having our housekeeper come on Tuesdays, in the afternoon, so as not to disturb our school time. I really like the fact that the kids are in school on Fridays, when my husband works from home, it gives him and I some time together, alone. It also gives me time to run errands or go on appointments without all the prep work that went into having a nanny coming twice a week. :)