Gob is the answer to your questions

I'm laughing at Psalm's enthusiasm about our new white board. He wrote the word "Gob" in big letters and let us know that God is the answer to our questions. :)

Homeschooling has been going very well. Sadly, I have already been outdone by my husband who handled the schooling yesterday. Wolfgang told me that he really wanted Daddy to be his teacher now! Sigh. When Alex and I met, he was teaching at the preschool level and also has a lot of experience with special needs children. I have always viewed him as kind of a Pied Piper because kids love learning from him. He gets very animated and excited to teach something~~apparently, more exciting than me!

However, this did encourage me immensely. While we were pondering this decision, we had to take nursing school into consideration. I will be starting a 20-month program in 15-18 months. While praying about this, I realized I had a total me-complex going. God told me, "This isn't all about you. I have plans for your children and husband too."

That sure was eye-opening. :) And very true.

There is much to write here but not a lot of time at the moment. I have had the computer off almost every day and that has been a blessing. Here are a few random thoughts I wanted to jot down:

Prince Caspian: Very description-heavy, with a huge focus on setting over action; the children are more restless with this one and we are getting through but I feel certain we will be taking a break from this series as soon as we're done. I thought they would have abandoned it by now but then they want to keep going. Next stop: A.A. Milne.

Five in a Row: We have read through two books in depth while using this curriculum as a guide: Katy and the Big Snow and The Story About Ping. The curriculum is providing us with some creative direction in regards to the literature but I haven't been sticking to a rigid schedule. Now that we do have a schedule, we may use it more "by the book" as it is intended. Katy has mostly enriched us in the area of map-making. Ping has intrigued us greatly; we are learning more about China, the children in China (the young boy in the story has a very interesting job!), and the characters' choices, etc.

Scheduling: I continue to strive toward having a schedule but I've loosened up a lot on my expectation that we will have clearly marked time-frames for studying certain things. Writing is getting wrapped up with Scripture. Reading is closely tied in to every other subject. More later on this.

Altogether, I am excited about how our homeschooling life is developing and progressing. I want to put an exclamation point there! But that would belie the fact that we have also been "in process" and have been working out kinks and letting go of the idea in favor of reality, as is the case during every major change.