Well the last 3 weeks have been pretty busy!
Caden started with the Classical Conversations every Monday. We are there from 9-12 and he gets to have a great time learning new stuff and I have a great time learning some great ideas for how to teach him things I would have never thought to teach a 5 yr old. Caden LOVES it and it helps that one of his friends is in his class. I really thought he would have a tough time with the show and tell part because he is so shy but he always can't wait to get up there. We are working on him not being so shy about joining in on doing the hand motions to the memory work songs. He loves to sing them but the hand motions help the kids remember and he is afraid of having people look at him while he does them. His favorite thing right now from it is History and Latin. We have learned about Christopher Columbus, the Mayflower, and this week is the Boston Tea Party. I read Caden and Bug a book about what it was like to live in Colonial times and they LOVED it I was going to take all week to read it but they wanted me to keep reading so we finished it in just 3 days. With Latin he is learning some words and definitions. I am not very good at it but he seems to really enjoy it. His all time favorite subject right now though is Math. I am really proud of him. He is trying his best (most days anyway) and we are able to get through all the things we need to and have a great time doing it.
Bug is not quite as interested in school yet. She says she enjoys being the baby but I tell her she still has to learn even if she is always going to be the baby LOL Her schooling of course is easier but she actually joins in on most of Caden's work. I wasn't going to mess with math with her till next year other than learning to write her numbers but she ended up coming back to the table every day and asking if she could do it too so she has been doing everything in the math area Caden is. Her favorite thing of course is going to the park for Letter Day with our friends every Friday. She is getting very good at writing her letters and numbers but doesn't really want to learn to read right now. She will do it with me but doesn't really want to so I don't push it.
Last week was Bugs 4th birthday! She is crazy about My Little Pony right now and so that was what she got everything My Little Pony. We even got her a shirt on clearance for her to wear celebrating. She very excited because she is out growing her little bed and Joe is going to make her a bed and we are using her Birthday money to get her My Little Pony bed stuff and she wants to paint her room pink but Joe isn't so sure about the painting thing. We went to Disney the day before her birthday (it's tradition!) we only got day passes because I am still trying to save for the passes for next year. The kids had a blast like the always do and it is the best time of year to go because there are hardly any lines at all. Bug was tall enough to go on Splash Mt for the first time and if you ask her she will say she cried "Happy tears" after the big drop...I am not sure how "Happy" she actually was from the look on her face but hey she says she liked it. Caden was tall enough to go on Space Mt for the first time and it is now one of his favorites. I was surprised because he usually is my timid one. (A bonus of homeschooling is we took Tuesday and Wednesday off from school but we just schooled on the weekend instead)
So that brings us up to this week. Bug got hit with the stomach flu at around 3a.m. Tuesday : ( She and I watched My Little Pony till Joe and Caden got up and we had our first time trying to school while one child was sick but the other needed to do work. Thankfully she felt better but the evening and Wednesday was only a little under the weather. Caden hasn't gotten it and I am so thankful!!! So please keep praying he remains healthy.
Tomorrow is Letter Club and my day to have a lesson and craft done and i haven't even looked at something yet so I should probably get on that.
