Full steam ahead!!

Just a quick update this morning before the class wakes up!! I am sitting here drinking my morning coffee and thinking how blessed I am to be able to home school my children. It truly has been one of the best decisions we have made. As I sit here and watch the other kids in the neighborhood get on the school bus and head off for the day, I feel so lucky that mine are all snuggled in their beds and when they awake, they don't have to leave. I know EVERYTHING they are doing and EVERYTHING they are learning. I get to see the excited looks on their faces when something "clicks". I am they one to see them excited to learn something new. I also don't miss that huge chunk out of their days so I get to here the cute things they say, I get to be here to help them when something isn't just right. It is just wonderful in so many ways. Everyday, at some point, I hear myself saying....there's another great thing about home schooling!!

OK, let's see what have we been up to since the last update. The kids have been doing really well with getting up and getting right to their schoolwork. A couple mornings have gotten off to a slower start (and I am included in that, not just the kids!) but overall it has been going well.
We have completed all the lessons we have needed to get done each day so that is great. I always get a kick out of the fact more often than not, the kids ask, if not beg, to do more schoolwork at night after we have finished for the day!!

Here is a little summary about each of them:

Aaron - is handling 8Th grade great so far. Pre-algebra isn't so bad....yet. He does well with Language Arts, although, I am still trying to undo some of the bad writing habits that were developed while he was in public school. So far, science has been the hardest subject. He does enjoy it, but there is just a lot of information to absorb. He did get a little worked up yesterday about his first science test. We reviewed the information together though and then he was very happy when he made a 98% on it!!!

Kristen - is off to a great start too. She is doing wonderfully in all subjects. Her favorite continues to be science and she likes history the least. We are getting ready to set up a terrarium for a science project so she is looking forward to working on that. She completed her first math test of the year and made a 92% on it so we were pleased with that as well!! She is also enjoying reading her literature which she was so sure she was not going to like!!!

Morgan - is flying through Kindergarten just as I thought she would. She is getting closer and closer to reading everyday. She is picking up on the phonics work quickly. She has also memorized the poem for her first unit. She keeps asking why her work has to be so easy, she wants harder work like Sissy and Aaron's . I am glad I decided to go ahead with the first grade science and history for her. She is handling it well and enjoying it. It is a lot of fun watching her learn right from the beginning!! Morgan wouldn't be my Momo though if she didn't show her strong will!! In true Momo fashion, she has helped me work on my patience a few times but so far it has been great!!

Ian - is doing great being a 2.5 year old!! He is totally potty trained( has been for a few months now). He likes to color and look at books while everyone is doing schoolwork. Yesterday, he was even sitting beside Morgan while I was working with her and he was saying the letter sounds with her!! He is also learning the ABC's now too. Of course, he is just 2 though and he spends lots of time doing 2 year old things....like playing with his cars and his trains, getting into things, climbing on things, discovering his temper....you know....the typical fun 2 year old stuff.

Well, 2 out of 4 are up so I guess it is time to get breakfast ready and get the older 2 stirring around so we can get our day going. We'll be back soon with more learning and life fun!!