Waiting...

I got the shipping notice super fast on what I thought was my first shipment of shakes!  Alas, it wasn't.  It was this box, that had gone through FedEx Smart post which meant I was either waiting a week for it to be delivered to me or getting it myself.  (And remind you, I thought it was my shakes.)  This was what I got- a big box with a welcome folder containing only 1 DVD and 1 CD.  Nothing else.

 This "waiting time" is almost working against me.  With Easter candy laying around and leftover cupcakes from my Matilda Jane party, I'm not being as good as I had been even last week.  Oh well.  Tomorrow, right?  Lots of walking at the Cincinnati Homeschool Convention.  And hopefully, before the weekend, my shakes will have arrived.  I did already get the shipping notice, but who knows what that means!

The Journey Begins

I've horribly neglected this blog and my scrapping for the past few months.  No excuse.  Just Tired-Mommy-Itis and my almost 4 year old would diagnose me with, thanks to Doc McStuffins.  (By the way, thanks Disney! I love seeing her pretend to be a dr now instead of another princess.  Not that I have anything against the princesses, but a little variety is awesome.)

Tomorrow is the first day I am homeschooling the children.

I know this is going to be a huge step.  It's not one that I am committing to for the next 18 years currently.  I'm doing it for a few reasons.

First, my son has a late summer birthday.  With the deployment, the new baby and his birthday, plus the trend of red-shirting which is prevalent in the town we're currently in, he didn't go to Kindergarten last year.  Add on to that a school district, like many, strapped for money.  To make ends meet, and be within the state regulations, Kindergartens are on alternating full day schedules.  Why not just have half day, 2 sessions you may ask?  They can't afford the mid-day busses.  I could buy that he could get used to the school and try it, but we move next year.  And my son is a good reader.  He's a high energy boy who can read and answers questions at the doctor's office like "How do you feel?" with "Well, I should feel like a 10 and I only feel like a 6 or a 7."

I love the idea of homeschooling.  I do.  But I don't know that I would have jumped in to without all that in front of me.  So, we're going to try it this year.  I got my approval letter just last week in the mail and I have everything ready from the awesome Sonlight curriculum ready to go.  (If you check it out, I'm referrer: AH20349417).

So, I thought I'd show you our room.  I'm excited for the kids to be starting tomorrow.  We are using P 4/5 with 1st grade readers for my son, Handwriting Without Tears K for both, and Saxon Math K for my son.  My daughter will be 4 in October and I am going to pretty much let her do as much or as little as she's interested in.

And with that...  I am off in hopes of getting at least 3 hours of sleep in a row before we start tomorrow.  My sweet littlest babe is getting 3 of her top teeth so it's much easier said than done, but dare to dream!  I promise soon the scrapping and recipes will return!