I think before I had children I pictured this day with me and my first born shedding tears and slowly leaving each other for the beginning of a new chapter in our lives. The first of the "leaving of the parents" and becoming independent.
It is still a time of independence and new beginnings, but not with the tears! What could be better than that?!
Aidan is begging me to start homeschooling now. I need to try to get my association membership completed before we really begin. I don't know why it hasn't gone through yet, but I am looking into it.
I have found several fun things for us to do this year. Mondays are homeschooling day at the nearby zoo. Since we are studying God's Creation this year, I thought it would be more than fitting to add a few trips to the zoo. The special classes at the zoo are just $7 and look really fun! There is a new class each month, so we may pick some of our favorite topics and head north to join in the fun.
I also found a great program that is sponsored by the Biltmore House. It is in September, which is a busy month for us with Aidan's and Adam's birthdays, but we will probably look into doing that too. Having a place to stay will make it affordable! (Grandparents come in handy!)
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Aidan just had a birthday party at a bowling alley and he had a great time. He had a sleepover afterwards and of course he came home exhausted! Alora had a hard time with him being gone. She doesn't like for him to be gone, ever. She kept asking us where he was...we would just say, "Where is he" and she would answer. On the way home from church, she said, "Where is Aidan?". We said, "Where is Aidan?". She said, "I hear him!". It was really funny, cause she kept insisting that she could hear him! We'll have her in counseling if this continues! LOL
It is still a time of independence and new beginnings, but not with the tears! What could be better than that?!
Aidan is begging me to start homeschooling now. I need to try to get my association membership completed before we really begin. I don't know why it hasn't gone through yet, but I am looking into it.
I have found several fun things for us to do this year. Mondays are homeschooling day at the nearby zoo. Since we are studying God's Creation this year, I thought it would be more than fitting to add a few trips to the zoo. The special classes at the zoo are just $7 and look really fun! There is a new class each month, so we may pick some of our favorite topics and head north to join in the fun.
I also found a great program that is sponsored by the Biltmore House. It is in September, which is a busy month for us with Aidan's and Adam's birthdays, but we will probably look into doing that too. Having a place to stay will make it affordable! (Grandparents come in handy!)
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Aidan just had a birthday party at a bowling alley and he had a great time. He had a sleepover afterwards and of course he came home exhausted! Alora had a hard time with him being gone. She doesn't like for him to be gone, ever. She kept asking us where he was...we would just say, "Where is he" and she would answer. On the way home from church, she said, "Where is Aidan?". We said, "Where is Aidan?". She said, "I hear him!". It was really funny, cause she kept insisting that she could hear him! We'll have her in counseling if this continues! LOL
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Congratulations on joining the ranks of the Homeschooling families! I've got the first three weeks of school scheduled for Ben. He is really looking forward to our study of "The Chronicles of Narnia". Libby will be attending the local Christian school for kindergarten so that she can continue her speech therapy. Hopefully by the end of this year she won't need that anymore and then I'll be homeschooling her as well. Good luck and let me know if you want to do a "field trip" to my mom's house to show Aidan the animals that she's got on the farm. Of course the other kids are welcome to come along. ^_~
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