Some of y'all have asked how the homeschooling-thing is going. And, since I've got a whole three whole months under my belt, I thought I'd give a quick update. The truth is, it's going great. Really great. I am honestly surprised at how much Asher is enjoying homeschooling. But even more, I am surprised how much I am enjoying homeschooling. Because, you see, it was me I was most worried about. I just didn't think I could do it. At least not well. In the past, I've homeschooled several of my kiddos for various and sundry reasons. Victoria when she … [Read more...]

We've got two weeks of homeschooling under our belt. And, at y'alls suggestion, we've been taking it really easy to start. Which Asher has found quite refreshing, I think. He has run into one little downside to this homeschooling thing, though. Seems that even when you're feeling under the weather... you can still do your work. The upside is that you can do it from the couch. On your iTouch. In some pretty cute company. P.S. I'd love any recommendations for me to track grades and such... what do y'all use? … [Read more...]

The angst over what curriculum to get was overwhelming. And the research was exhausting. Finally, finally I chose the books we'd start with for this year. We still have some room to add some things, but I wanted to wait to see how the basics went first. *ahem* Thank you all so much for weighing in with your ideas, I can't tell you how much they helped. And because I so enjoyed reading other curriculum posts, I thought I'd share what we are using. For now. When in doubt - and there was a lot of doubt - I opted for the smaller … [Read more...]