OMGOMGOMG.. WHAT A RELIEF!!!! They had a wonderful first day. I walked down to pick them up and Rachael, who is let out first, comes running up to me and throws her arms around me. Then she says "Mommy, I.LOVE.my teacher! She is so nice. I can't wait to go back to school tomorrow!" So apparently she had a fantastic day. She met a couple ( Read more... )

It is so quiet here right now. And the dog is FINALLY FINALLY settling with *gasp* one of his own toys to chew on. Maybe I won't be getting up every five seconds to redirect. redirect. redirect. He has a rope bone, some dragon that squeaks and has crinkly wings and is nice and soft like one of the kids stuffed toys he loves to steal, a snake ( Read more... )

The school orientation went great for Trevor and so-so for Rachael. She got the teacher that Mazie had been saying how wonderful she was. I was saying how shy Rachael was and she would have a tough time opening up and feeling comfortable in the big school environment. But, her teacher is apparently like the grandmother. She is older and sweet ( Read more... )

I made a B on my psych test. Yea for not getting another C! I also made an A on the paper. 3 more chapters, 1 more paper and one more test and about 10 more days. I can do it ( Read more... )

Our school stuff came! OK.. my mom won Trevor a backpack full of school supplies from her office. She was thrilled and so was I. It just came in the mail. Now I have already bought their school supplies so I had told Trevor he could keep the supplies in this backpack. It was also incentive since he didn't get a personalized backpack like his ( Read more... )

OK. I gotta tell ya, I *am* a little excited about them starting school. I just ordered their backpacks from LLBean (and got free shipping, thanks MDC boards!), and ordered lunchboxes for them- cool ones made from recycled juice boxes that the kids think are cool. I called the school about registering and she said I can drop off the forms ( Read more... )

Home Schooling and the Question of Socialization (in The Present Practice of Home Schooling: A Look at the Research ( Read more... )

I have so much to get done, I am totally overwhelmed and procrastinating on it. I am paralyzed with the indecision of what to tackle first. It's also coming up on the holidaze and the end of the semester, which is mainly what kills me. I want to get much of my history done before we leave for NC next week. I am on my way to getting it done, but ( Read more... )