Started the blog... then Life Happened...

     So I started this blog and then things happened and it got pushed to the side. The year 2020 was a crazy year for us. But I felt very prepared when the lockdowns started. As a homeschool mom, we just carried on with what were doing (minus the field trips, and traveling). We were able to push though and meet some goals early. 

JD really got into reading...and grandma keeps sending awesome books.

   I have to say I am so thankful that I homeschool. We did not have to do any transitions to online school, or deal with a school system scrabbling to get things in order. Thankfully we were able to just continue on with normal school days. 

JJ working on math

    I am also so thankful that my kids or I don't have to deal teaching what another Teacher has assigned. I don't think that online school is homeschooling, when you are doing it through the public school system. I love that I get to teach my kids things that we find interesting, and not rely on someone else to tell us what or when to do something. I also don't want my kids to have to sit at a computer all day. 

    I guess the point I am trying to make is that I am thankful for this time to homeschool and that we had already established this in our lives when 2020 happened.

    We really missed being able to travel. Right before the lockdowns started we did a trip to Italy. But JJ and JD got sick so we spent the whole week in the hotel. 

    The boys also did wrestling for the first time. Both showed good discipline and learned a lot. Sadly their season was cut short, and we were unable to do it this year because of COVID.

    I hope to start keeping this up to date more. Will continue on going though and reviewing the curriculums we are using, and some things that have not worked for us.