Ohhhh....What have we been doin'?

     Hmmmm, what if I said Nothin'!!! Yes, there is a piece of me that wishes that were the case...lying on a beach in the bahamas, kicking back in the Keys, a drive up to where the leaves are changing? Well, even then the "nothin'" part would most likely not be the case because any such excursion would very likey entail a complete unit study and lots of fieldtrip exploration! Oh, but a girl can dream, right?  But now back to reality, Hubby has been working TONS of extra hours...Seriously, like 3 or 4 days off this month!  So in turn, this somehow equates to extra hours for Mom too!  And here we are almost done with month 2 of our journey, I think this being my first year homeschooling this is probably that time period for Mom that one begins to question their own sanity and feels a bit overwhelmed?!?  At least this is where I've been led with the coinciding extra work hours!
    So HONESTY time, I did take 1 day off, after a short morning of reading and headed for the BEACH, and a 2nd day to whip the house in order.   Did that sound like a confession?  So when I say a "day off" most of my friends (non-homeschooling) may be thinking..."oh, how nice for you."  where as another homeschooling mom is more likely to be thinking..."what did you learn about at the beach?", "what lessons were instilled during bedroom organization 101?"  You see I truely, truely believe that once one has taken the first step to even consider homeschooling, one sees that we are surrounded by learning, that learning is everywhere and a new perspective on life is therefore born!  So my "day off" meant that we just didn't do our usual load of sit down math, our writing may have seem nonexistant to some, since there is no current proof of it...as it washed away with the waves.  :)
     OOPS, forgot one, The Parman School for Boys was closed on September 24th in celebration of REEF!

Yay, he's a big 4 year old now!  We camped in Nana and PopPops back yard, and played on Reefs new water slide, Thanks to Nana, PopPop, Uncle Andre' and Aubrey.  Memories!  His birthday celebration lasted throughout the weekend and through Monday with more "party time" with Grandma and Grandpa, Reef is now decked out as ninja on his Batman Scooter, Good Job Grandma!   God Bless our sweet boy Reef he is a joyful, crazy boy and a true Blessing!

     So what else has been going on around here?  Math in all different forms (dice,Legos, cards, on the sliding glass doors, abacus, $, games, and yes, worksheets too), Language arts (me reading, him reading, Reading EGGS, writing, spelling, games and more), Science (experiments and research, animals, insects,weather and more), Social Studies ( history, maps, globes and more), Computers, ART, PE, and Music in the form of worship and heavy metal (my boys top 2 choices)!!!  So just incase you happen to be checking in on me...I promise LOTS of Learning is taking place. 

The Boys and their VENUS FLY TRAP!