Brain dump.
Friday, February 18, 2011 at 11:15AM I feel like I've gone missing here a bit. It's nothing personal. Basically, there just hasn't been much worth reporting. ;) In case you're really curious, though, here's what's what:
- Asher and Micah are looking forward to their first karate tournament next weekend (it's an "introduction" to tournaments that their karate school is putting on to teach the kids about tournaments...each boy will just perform their form for judges). The boys are still raising money for St. Jude's in conjunction with the tournament. You can go here to donate. They'd really appreciate it. :)
- I've been taking (and enjoying) the first Visual Latin lessons. I like the structure of the "course," and the amount covered in each lesson is a very doable. By the time I finish these first ten lessons (which should be soon), I think I'll be more comfortable starting some Latin with the boys. Given their ages, though, I'm planning to start them with Song School Latin. I'm also thinking I'll work in the Visual Latin lessons (at a slower pace than I'm doing, myself) after we're underway.
- Our microwave mysteriously decided to die last night. Lovely. I suppose I won't blame it...pretty sure it's original to the house, so is about 20 years old. Sigh. Guess we'll be shopping for microwaves soon. Grateful, though, that it didn't catch fire (which wasn't a certainty for a bit there).
- Aren't these cute?
- I picked up a couple of piano books from this line recently. (They have favorites, pop, classic, Christmas, etc.) Back when Noah was taking piano lessons a few years ago, we found that these "favorites" books worked much better for him...he was considerably more motivated to practice when he knew the songs. We haven't taken lessons in a couple years now, but Noah still enjoys playing. I love that he's happy to pick up a new book and try some new songs. (It, obviously, doesn't hurt that the main theme from Star Wars is in this book, lol.)
- I've been adding some links to homeschool resources here under my Linkety Link Links up above. Will work on adding more. Let me know if you have any suggestions!
See? I told you it wasn't anything exciting. ;) But now you know.
(For the record, I'm not affiliated with any of the businesses listed here, just think they're cool.) ;)
Reader Comments (1)
Was wondering where you were!! You have been quiet! We need to get together and scrap soon!