We're enjoying a very laid-back summer! I wasn't sure how I was going to handle homeschooling during the summertime...I tried doing a little here and there, but quickly found out that is not how I roll! I need consistency, organization, and definite plans. It was just too crazy trying to do it 'here and there' as time allowed. So I scrapped the idea of summer schooling and decided we will start full-force in mid-August. I'd like to see us do a year-round schooling approach with more 'relaxed' summers and breaks scattered throughout the year. I just don't know what will work for us at this point. I'm so glad that I have this "Kindergarten year" with Jonathan to sort of 'test the waters'!! I have done some planning already and have my Homeschool Binder all set up and ready to go! I have a rough draft of what units we will cover each week throughout the year. It's very ROUGH though as I'm sure we'll take spontaneous breaks and may cover units quicker than others. At least I have my head wrapped around some sort of yearly plan! That's all I wanted at this point.
As for our family time this summer, we have enjoyed being outside A LOT!!! Max will bring me his shoes and lead me to the door as soon as he wakes up! :-) We don't have a lot of yard space, but we do have MILES of sidewalks in our neighborhood. We're also EXTREMELY blessed to have some WONDERFUL neighbors on our street! Jonathan has 4 little buddies that he plays with quite regularly and they are all 4-6 years old. SO perfect!!! The moms and I all get along really well. It is such a huge blessing to have these friendships close by.
We just got back from a great little mini-vacation to Arkansas. We visited with Josh's extended family and it was a GREAT time. Not exactly as 'relaxing' as we had hoped, but it's always great to get together with family that we don't see very often. Josh had Aunts, Uncles, and cousins from California, Kansas, Arizona, and Texas!! We celebrated his Grandparent's 60th anniversary while we were all there. Unfortunately, Jonathan developed a cough and low-grade fever down
there. He didn't let it slow him down too much, so we just kept on going and giving tylenol as needed. After 5 days of it and no sign of it going away, I took him to the doctor the day after we got home. Too my SHOCK, he was diagnosed with pneumonia!! So now we are doing breathing treatments several times a day, and he's on two different antibiotics :-(. He's doing okay though- the hardest part is keeping him entertained INDOORS!
Until next time...!
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