So what's new? Hmmm, well we bought a couch. This is a big deal because we have never had a "new" couch in our 9 years of marriage. When I left California for Arizona I took my sister's old couches and then we gave those to some one else when we bought an Ikea couch (SO don't recommend). After that couch, Joel's parents gave us their old couches (all 3 of them). Finally, after saving and researching what I wanted with our new living room set up I found one that WE ALL LOVE! They style, color, size and comfort was exactly what I wanted. Don't worry with two boys I paid the extra money for their 10 year warranty. :)
The other big thing in our life is prepping to homeschool Nathan next year for kinder and start Zachary on some basic preschool stuff. We were going to put Zachary in the same preschool Nathan was in but we have no guarantee that he will be potty trained by then and I didn't want to pay the money and realize he wasn't ready. So if he needs to go to preschool the following year, we will send him. I have taken our playroom/guest room and have painted it, sold all the furniture that was in it and have slowly started buying what I want to make this into a classroom/play room/guest room/office. I will do a big reveal probably in July right before we start our first year in there. I am on a budget and I can only buy a couple of things a month. Plus, we have spent a lot of money on our backyard repairing our fence. In June when Nathan is done with preschool, that will become our homeschool budget each month. That is going to help out a lot.
I still need to figure out what to do with these toys and clean out the closet. That is my latest project. I will get there but its all the big toys that don't fit into bins. So they may end up in the boys' room. The closet just has a lot of junk piled in there. So I have been sorting and throwing away a lot of stuff. Its so freeing to do that. I am not a pack rat but Joel is.
My goal before August is to have the whole year planned out and all the worksheets and activities printed out and ready to go. So I have been working on my lesson plans. I have already decided to do 6 weeks of school and 1 week off. That way we can find time to refresh and not get burned out. It also allows for vacations at times when public schools are not on vacation. We will take 2 weeks off at Christmas as well. I know things will need to be tweaked and added and changed but the basic things can be done and ready to go.
Nathan is so excited to start and I have already made some activity books for him. We have been practicing sight words and writing. He is my little learner. May he never out grow it. Zachary will have some things to do as well since I know he will not want to be left out. Its an exciting time for this tiny household.
Until next time...
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