I am about ready to fall into bed so this is going to be quick.
The last few days have been so busy, but a good busy.
Thursday was John's 10th birthday. I would say I can't believe he is ten, but he looks like he is twelve, so I guess I'm kind of prepared. When your son says your shoes are too small for him, you have to figure he is growing up.
He had a great day and I am very proud of the nice kid that he is turning into. He is so responsible and reliable.
Yesterday I went to DC with a few friends to the "Immaculate Heart of Mary" Homeschool Conference. It was really a great day! Great company and a chance to browse and compare materials. I am happy to say that I think I have bought almost all my books for next Fall. I still have to get Paul a new Math book. That publisher doesn't go to that conference. And I think I am going to put a year of Earth Science in between Astronomy and Botany. It just seems to make sense. My friend Chrisie has a text that I was very impressed with and I think we will be able to get together once a month or so to do an activity. That should be nice for the boys.
I did a LOT of comparison shopping yesterday and I ended up with mostly Seton English materials, which is so funny because I used them when I started the girls! The Spelling and English books are just too good. They have changed the Spelling book dramatically. It is so much better. The English workbooks are excellent too.
We will still do Abeka and Saxon math, Faith and Life, and the History programs that I have been using.
Today was the annual Strawberry Festival at Good Shepherd, or most of it.
Paula and Maria Hoppel and I manned the craft table, and I think the kids enjoyed it.
They loved making buttons and Foam craft projects. The beading was popular as well.
The turnout looked good. The Knights had their food booth and Tim said at one point they were selling hamburgers and hot dogs as fast as they could grill them. The boys just ran all over the place doing all the kids activities. It was all fun and games until about 6:00 when someone came running through and said to get all the kids stuff put away because we were under a severe thunderstorm watch and there were supposed to be high winds and hail. We scrambled to get everything put away and then I grabbed the boys just as the weather hit. The wind and rain kicked up and Tim stayed behind to help take down the tents. It was over pretty fast, considering, but Tim said at one point the lightning was hitting all around. So I guess everything came to an abrupt end. I hope they made enough money.
Well, I am going to hit the sack.
I'll try to post some pictures tomorrow .
