Life as we know it...

Yes, life as we know it is most certainly going to change. This Fall, Joshua starts Kindergarten. No, not at the local school, but here...at home...at my mercy (insert evil laugh). Okay, seriously, I'm really excited! Joshua is so eager to learn. Everyday, he's asking how to spell a new word; pointing to things and asking about them; reciting the Pledge of Allegiance; etc. Why skip Pre-K? Some of you may be wondering. Well, I think Joshua is a little advanced (perhaps I'm biased). Joshua knows his entire alphabet (upper and lowercase); he can sound-out letters in attempts to read; he can write quite well; knows his shapes, letters, colors, and numbers (1-20); and, finally, his planets! I'm sure I'm forgetting something that he knows, but you get the idea.

Alright...mommy bragging is done...for now!

I can't wait to go to Mardel and buy things to go on the wall. Ahhhh!! The smell of books, crayons and laminated charts. Yes, I'm aware I sound a little off. I take pride in my offness (if that's even a word...well, it is now)! I plan on incorporating quite a few subjects, but of course the amount will be light and will entail lots of coloring, field trips to the Zoo, and Science Museum. Okay, more bragging... Joshua has a huge fascination with the weather and I plan on encouraging and feeding that interest. Anytime there is a storm, or even just clouds in the sky, Joshua says, "I'm going to wait for the thunder! It might turn into a juicy storm!" Another favorite phrase, "Tornadoes come from juicy storms!" I've always been fascinated with the weather as well. Perhaps Joshua will be a meteorologist...he's certainly smart enough!

I'm pretty certain I have my curriculum choices down to 2 sources. Currently, my choices are My Father's World and Sonlight. I plan on supplementing with A Beka (mostly just for phonics and reading purposes). I think we could count AWANA as part of school too. I'm interested to hear some of your ideas. Care to share?

I can't believe August is so soon! Not sure I can pull everything together that quickly. I should've started this planning thing a lot earlier. On top of the planning, there's the money factor. Sonlight is not cheap! God will provide though and that will help determine which direction He wants us to go. I'm thankful I can just turn all of that over to Him and trust Him with it. The Lord most certainly knows what's best for Joshua and for me as we venture into this exciting new stage in life!

Looking back and reading what I've typed has really proven to me that homeschooling and resurrecting my blogging endeavors will be a good refresher! Who knows how many grammatical errors I've made! Sorry mom! You did teach me very well...I'm just a little rusty.

Can't wait to post pictures of our progress! Look forward to lots of proud mommy moments and hopefully creative bookkeeping, logs, etc. We'll see...this is definitely going to satisfy my "type A" instincts!