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Weekly Journal - week 6 and 7

The Homeschool Mother's Journal


In my life this week...

It's been 2 weeks since my last journal update.  It's been a crazy two weeks.  We had
2 birthdays and an ER visit.   This immediate past week, the weather was cooler - perfect for staying inside!  Overall, a crazy 2 weeks.  We started out the 2 weeks with a Saturday dinner in the next town for my birthday and, of course, a visit to Hobby Lobby!  Then, we had a fairly normal week; just busy with school.  On the next Saturday, we spent the day cleaning up the yard and Craig worked some more on the playhouse.  Sunday was the changing point - and we didn't go anywhere, except the dr's and piano lessons.  We did spent this past Saturday at the nearest 1st Monday Trade Days.  We found a great book on military planes for a quarter and 1/2 of us got a little bit of sun.  The rest inherited my great-grandfather's skin type - tan and tan and tan in the sun!

In our homeschool this week...

The 1st week, things were pretty normal.  S has started memorizing some music for Piano Guild.  All other subjects are progressing on schedule.  The 2nd week, we didn't get too much school work done because C is recovering and H has a fever and cough.  We've watched several movies and S has been practicing her piano.  I took advantage of the week to clean up a little bit more and to research some options for the coming years.  S was able to work a little on her sculptures for LTC.  She has some great ideas and will spend this week finalizing so it will have time to dry.

Places we're going and people we're seeing...

Places we're going - how about the ER because C cut her forehead on the car door and then back to the dr for a followup and then again to the dr for Z's well checkup.  I think we spent the week visiting with Dr. Patterson!  We also went back to the library after almost a year away.  We needed to waste some time while we had a showing and the library fit the bill.  It was great - we've found some books to fill the void from some in storage and the girls have found some new things to read.  We had a trip to the children's museum scheduled; that'll wait until everyone is feeling better.


My favorite thing this week was...

Dinner, with well behaved children, who thought it was so cool that they were allowed to throw the peanuts on the floor! and the most wonderful husband in the world.

And watching a very happy boy see his spiderman/train cake come to life.

Homeschool questions/thoughts I have...

Even though S is only 4th grade, I realized this week that in the daily task of homeschooling, we can use the philosophy of "take each year, one at a time".  However, if you use that philosophy for the entire career - you're probably going to miss a few things that are required for college.  When the time comes, my children will be allowed to not go, if they so choose.  However, it is my responsibility to make sure they are ready for a top tier university, so they can exercise that option too.

So, in my down time this week, I created a tenative plan for all of the kids school career.  I'm happy for the most part with where we are headed.  I looked up the requirements for entrance to Texas A&M and I think we are headed toward meeting them.  I do still need to find good, strong upper level math courses and decide what foreign language program to use.  All the other subjects, we are going at a great pace to complete as required/recommended.  It's a great feeling to know we are headed in the right direction. 

There still will be changes as we go, but having a tenative plan will keep us on tract for a successful academic career.  And provide me with a list of things to buy so when I find them on sale or at Half Priced Books, I can take advantage of the savings.

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 "Mary"
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