Another day and a new Summer

What a school year and it is gone like a blink of my eye....can't believe it!! Really I am in shock that this year is over with.... and that I have another child. Wowzers babies make time go fast...he's already 4 months, well on Thursday.

I so enjoyed today at the pool with the Veritas teens. I am tired, but feel it was time well spent.

The kids and John so enjoy the golf course and the kids want to start tennis lessons again. They'll learn how to play golf this summer....sounds like we are yuppies or something. Not really...I stay home with all five of them and I know how to stretch cash...at least I feel I do. My DH might question that.

Garage Sales online are neat. I get a bunch of things for the kids that way...and I love the bargains. It is so nice to have homeschooling for our tax dollars....what an unknown blessing this turned out to be. I have so enjoyed at least feeling like I have a full curriculum per kid. I am so busy with it and enjoy adding and learning....field trips are awesome and so is co-op.

Apologia Science NEW STUFF...COOL

Here is a blurb about the journals you can use or edit for your own use:


Apologia is now producing notebooking journals that accompany each of the elementary science books. Both Botany and Astronomy are now available. You can see samples on the Apologia website here:


These journals are beautiful spiral bound notebooks that will save you time and money. You won't have to print and keep up with your child's notebook pages, buy and maintain page protectors, or purchase and compile binders...everything that makes notebooking time-consuming and labor intensive for mom. Also, your child will adore having their own notebooking journal.


Each of the notebooking journals include:
A daily schedule for those who like to have a plan or would like their children to complete the book on their own
Templates for written narrations, the notebooking activities and experiments
Review Questions
Scripture Copywork, with both print and cursive practice
Reading lists and additional activities, projects, experiments for each lesson
An appendix with beautiful, full-color, lapbook-style Miniature Books
Field Trip Sheets to keep a record field trips
A Final Review with fifty questions the students can answer either orally or in writing to show off all they remember and know at the end of the course.
See the sample pages here:


Botany: https://apologia.securesites.net/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=128


and


Astronomy: https://apologia.securesites.net/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=127


Jeannie is giving away four Astronomy Notebooking Journals and four Botany Notebooking Journals to bloggers who post about this on their site. Visit her blog to learn more about this contest: www.jeanniesjournal.com


The contest ends on in one week on May 29th! That way I'll have the weekend to send them before I go to the Illinois conference.


So blog away!

I probably should have a personal diary or scrapbook again.

So here I am blogging again....

Mostly because often on facebook I don't blog at all...I mean who wants to share their thoughts with the entire world, of course putting them on a blog, isn't secure, and anything you share on the internet is no longer private. A scary world we live in.

Take this... Yeppers I had that baby oh 11 days ago and he is out there for the world to see, he's so sweet. My daughter has his entire life on facebook almost. I don't mind.

You dont see story's on facebook It is just too public for me....right now I am going to take a nap...new baby....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...