Aug. 29, 2007: Isn't it fall yet?

It's been a few weeks since I've updated. Things have been going pretty well here. The kids' curricula happened to converge on the same subject (horses, farm animals) for about a week so that was pretty cool.

We finished up by going to Griffith Park for pony rides. The Princess got scared of the idea of riding so she got a pony-pulled wagon ride instead, but the Pirate got his first trotting experience and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, the employees at the pony rides needed morale boosts or something. :(

The Pirate had been getting anxious to start his customized unit studes (which I hadn't planned on until the new year, after we finished MFW around Nov-Dec). I told him that we had to finish up this curricula first and so he demanded to do 3 letters/units at a time! :)

That would be really hard and confusing to pull off so I compromised and we're trying to do 2 letters/units at a time. We'll see how the next two weeks go. If it goes well, we will continue to do 2 letters/units at a time and will finish up MFW in another 2 months.

We will still be doing our BSGFAA as well as Singapore Math and the Homeschool Family Fitness book. And we will be doing the WP LA PreK/K and resuming The Reading Lesson as well.

So the customized unit studies on superheroes, trains, pirates, machines, engines, etc. will only make up a small portion of the schoolday. But they will determine our field trips and science projects as well as some arts and crafts.

Additionally, I am planning to sign them up for a class somewhere... gymnastics maybe?

The Princess is going steadily along and really enjoys arts and crafts the best. :) She LOVES to color and will not let me move her to the next project until she is finished with all the final touches. Here is her Beach Story dictated to me yesterday:

The beach has trees and it has sand and it has water, waves and it has people. And it has umbrellas and it has wind. We played, and we played with and . Nuffin else.

And then it is illustrated below with sweeps of purple, blue, green, and splotches of orange, purple, yellow, and green. (One of these days, I will be organized and will take pictures and post them.)

Well, today will be the last week of summer for those around us, I think. Next week will be the first week that Park Days are back for the school year as well as beginning the various places that I will be volunteering for including church childcare, AWANA, and bible study childcare.

Then the vacuum suction of holiday events and celebrations will pull us along until we land in next summer!