Janurary 19, 2014

This week brought a pretty normal schedule.  With my son in college and working, and with only having one car, we have to stick to a pretty tight schedule. Sunday, my husband spent the morning with our daughter at a doughnut place that we like.  I didn't even know that it was open on Sundays.  That makes sense, though.  It is located in a small town.  Today that didn't happen.  We spent the morning talking over breakfast that my husband had cooked.  It was wonderful and encouraging to hear my children tell their dad what they were learning, especially in Latin.  My daughter even told him that she was starting to enjoy math, even from the dreadful Saxon math book.  Yesterday was make up work for my daughter, and my son was able to complete almost all of his college work.  When you are on the road, some things don't get done for school, and none of us read very well in the car.  We are a heavy literature based family.  So, it was good that we were able to use yesterday to play catch up.  On Monday, my son won't be going to college because of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  So, we will do our Charlotte Mason Day then.  We usually do it on Saturdays because my son is free from college.  C. Mason Day involves poetry, art, music, Shakespeare, state and president study, geography, biographies, Bible Quizzing, science, and history.  It is one of our favorite days.  If I had more guts, and they weren't so far apart in age, I would do it every day and add sign language, writing, math, reading, and Latin.  I really like Charlotte Mason.  And classical.  And unit studies.  And unschooling.  And text books.  I pretty much like it all.  I love learning with my children and husband.  The world has so much to learn about and so many interesting people.  No wonder we need God. There isn't enough time in the day.  So, I'm grateful that the Lord directs our path. (Proverbs 16:9- A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.)  Have a fantastic week.

12 January 2014

Last week, we went back to school.  We only accomplished three days, sort of.  My husband was out of town, so I had to do a lot of driving to get my son back and forth to college and so on.  We are a one car family.  It is a pretty good schedule we have set up for this quarter, and I believe it will work out well.  Well, today was spent watching movies and You Tube on the couch.  We did go to Church and were able to have lunch with the dad.  Other than that, we relaxed.  The upcoming week should be a bit more school productive.  Have a great week.