We finished our first year of homeschoolin!!! Yeah!!!
Things got quite a bit hectic there at the end of the year as I took a part-time job working for United Way. But we worked it all out and got it done!
Brooke had her track meet. She placed 2nd in one event, 3rd in another. Of course what made that day fun was we had dance recital for BOTH girls that afternoone! Whooeee! And Kayti had to do two shows! But they were great and even though it was a jam-packed day, we had fun.
We've spent a lot of our time since then divided between two places: the ballpark, as my 14 yo son plays baseball and my dh is coaching, and the daycamp.
You see, my part-time stint for United Way led to a full-time summer gig. I run a Summer Day Camp for approximately 70 inner-city kids. It has been an experience and an education for us all. I've been able to bring the girls with me which I think is good in some ways. Bad in others. I'm reminded now why it is that I choose to homeschool. And these are pretty decent kids for the most part. But as with most anything, there is bureaucracy and that drives me crazy. It gets in the way of really being able to make a difference in the world most of the time. Every time I've tried to help one of these kids, my superiors have chastised me in some way. It's a sad situation that the world is in, that people will totally turn their children over for you to raise for them but then tie your hands behind your back. I really feel for the teachers in public schools, I really do. And I'm glad that my "tour of duty" will be over in 14 more days!
That leaves me a good month to enjoy the rest of the summer with my girls before we start our school year. We will be participating in the co-op this year. I will be teaching Creative Writing for 6th and 7th grade girls and I'm really excited about that! I've already planned out most of our first semester and we'll be learning some great things. Our history and geography unit will be focused on World War II and the Holocaust but we have to cover a little bit of WWI and the Depression before we can really understand the causes of the conflict. I'm adding typing to our curriculum as well as a Health & Manners section but I've still not decided what to do about math. I'm leaning toward Saxon but I'm still undecided at this point.
The girls are at dance camp this week, having a great time I hope. They went to Summer Camp at Camp Fletcher for a week at the end of June and of course we celebrated two birthdays this summer also.
Money has been REALLY tight, even with me working this summer so please be in prayer for us as we try and tighten up our budget even more. Hopefully dh will pick up some extra hours once baseball is over! I know God will take care of us, He always does.
Also, please pray that He will lead us to a new home church. We are still desparately seeking where God would have us serve Him.
Blessings,
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