Jun. 18, 2008: Has the whole year gone by already?!

I can't believe that I abandoned this blog for so long. The year has been crazy. The kids are older and wiser, I think. I am now a student so my days (and nights) have been cut into smaller and smaller pieces with which to accomplish each thing.

The pirate finished up K in about February or so. So we have basically been treading water (3Rs and Bible study) since then. I don't want to start him in 1st grade until this fall. Speaking of which, we are moving from CA to TX this summer. This house is a mess! There is so much to do! Since the move has been established, I have to admit that we haven't done much in the way of homeschooling. :(

However, we are READY for 1st grade. We have adopted Ambleside Online's Charlotte Mason curriculum, and I have all of the books (hardcopy, online, or ebooks) all ready to go. We've gotten two math programs, Ray's Arithmetic and Miquon Math to bounce between as well. My little girl will be doing Sonlight PreK4, Charlotte Mason-style. And we will continue with Bible Study Guide for All Ages. The princess has joined us on that one, doing the level that the pirate was up to, while her brother has been promoted to the next level.

Oh, btw, the "pirate" is now a misnomer. He has done away with that and is all about Transformers and Speed Racer now. But I can't keep changing the name of the blog, can I? Can I? I'll have to look into that. ;)

Well, I hope to be more consistent going forward. The problem with me is that I set up too many journals to tend to at once and then I stop doing all of them. I will have to discipline myself.