One more week until school starts!

I am almost ready for school to start again.... I have gotten our schedule printed out, Joel and Ivy's TOG notebooks ready for the first unit (9 weeks), and have reserved the library books we need for the first several weeks and have received several packages of books in the mail! Even the kids are getting excited about "hitting the books" again.

We also just found out what classes they will be in at the WHEE homeschool group this fall. Ivy will be taking Archeology and Fun With Spanish and Phys. Ed. Joel will be taking Public Speaking. Civics and he's also taking Phys. Ed. And Jaden will be going to a pre-school class and will be having story time, crafts, and music! WHEE meets at our church on Monday mornings and there are 50 families enrolled.

We are also continuing with Hempfield Homeschoolers where we have been members for 7 years. On Thursday afternoons, Ivy will be taking Art class, music and choir and also gym and fitness. Joel will be taking Future City Engineering and will be in Yearbook class. Jaden isn't old enough for the pre-school class at Hemfield so he will be in the nursery. There are 75 families in the Hempfield Group and we've been very blessed to be part of it since our kids were of school age.

Our schedule will be very full with two homeschool groups as well as a very challenging course of study here at home. One big change for us this year is that we are hoping to begin our day of schooling at 8:00 which means we've got to get up early! We've also started around 9 or even later depending on my night's sleep with Jaden! But this year with so much packed into our schedule, an early start will be necessary.

Joel's theatre contract ends Sept. 20th so the number of shows he is doing is winding down. For those of you who haven't seen "Abraham and Sarah" yet and want to, let me know ASAP! There are plenty of 50% off tickets available. We don't know if this will end his 6 years at Sight and Sound or not. He is growing so fast that he may not be able to play a child anymore. Very sad! But it has been a wonderful experience and we'll always be extremely thankful that God has enabled him to do this for so long.