Thinking about school starting today. Lots to plan for six students this year! While Maura starts Kindergarten, Kaley is finishing her last year of High School. That is really bittersweet. It seems unreal that she and I have worked together at learning and living for almost 13 years. I think I have learned more than her!
I learned to teach someone to read. That was awesome! When I realized I could do that I don't know why it amazed me so much. The thing is I hate that part of schooling, it's stressful for me to teach someone to read but I've done it three times and Ben and David are on the cusp of it. It never ceases to amaze me see a person finally get it and then, not only get it but realize it's magical. I adore seeing my kids with their noses glued in a book, even though it often means distraction from chores etc. Curtiss's current summer fascination is Sherlock Holmes. So now it's a special topic for he and Kaley, as she had read all of the stories and they hash them over as Curtiss reads them.
This year we will study together: Bible, Shakespeare, nature, composer study and picture study. My goal is to get all these things in as a group. Kaley has a pretty heavy load on her own and it looks like she will be duel enrolled at our local community college to take a digital photography class. That's to learn how to use her soon to be birthday present:)
So, I am collecting books, looking at schedules, revamping chore assignments, and ordering a few things for now. I hope to get some schooling in before Baby arrives in September. We usually take a month off for that so we'll be making that up in December. We always work it out. I am looking forward to school starting up. It always helps to have lots of ideas sparking little and big minds. Things always run smoother that way. We will be very sad to see Daddy go off to school, we have gotten quite used to having him around.
Here's the baby bump! She/He is getting really squirmy. We can't wait to meet Baby!
Blessings
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