Get Ready, Get Set,...

So, the private school we found and really liked didn't work out. No big deal, just apparently wasn't the right time. So I have spent my summer preparing curriculum, turning Papa Goose's and my office into our new school room, trying to enjoy these wonderful years in my children's lives. I'm not ready for it to be August and to be starting our school year next Monday. Somewhere in the tball, VBS, Girl Scout day camp, soccer lessons, playtime, 4-H fair, nad countless other activities, our summer is quickly drawing to a close as I try to hang on for dear life to it's last fleeting moments. We're all excited for our new adventure in homeschooling this year, but we're all sad summer is ending. The school year will be a hustle and bustle of activity as Bug will be doing 1st grade homeschool as well as monthly homeschool classes at the children's museum. She is also involved in Girl Scouts, 4-H, soccer, and now ballet lessons (what are we thinking with this schedule?!). Bee will be attending preschool with the preschool teacher we've grown to really love 3 days a week while going to a monthly museum class. We're contemplating tumbling classes for her but are wondering if we're more insane than anything for considering one more activity. Buddy will be going to preschool on the 2 days a week that Bee doesn't (more insanity, I tell you!). Baby Bird (who, at 2 years old, is not so baby anymore) will be doing what I'm going to refer to as Tiny Tot school at home- coloring and little activities to keep her with the big kids and busy and feeling important while absorbing some of what she's being exposed to by being in the same learning environment as the others. Please wish us luck and offer us your prayers for a successful homeschool year as we start out on this journey again, although better prepared this time. And hopefully I will be posting pictures of our new school room soon as I am proud of the hard work Papa Goose and I have put in to make it a special place for our kids that they are all so excited about!