Still Excited

We're still enjoying our lessons each day. I love that Seton sets it up so Fridays are a light day - that's when we can review what we learned for the week and I've scheduled art for Fridays, so we can take as long as we'd like on our projects. Not to mention, that is when the majority of our field trips are scheduled.

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Silly Sally continues to amaze me - she wants to do her work each day and is even doing more than one lesson at a time most days. [I have a feeling we'll be starting first grade at some point during this school-year.]

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Bookworm cried harder on the second day of handwriting, so I ordered Handwriting 2 for her. It came this week, so she's catching up. She is not allowed to complain about handwriting now, since she is using the 2nd grade book. Believe it or not, she is concerned that she is always going to be one year behind in handwriting. I encouraged her to keep in mind that the level doesn't matter - everything else she is doing more than a year ahead.

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Speaking of being ahead, I want to wish a successful start to her college career to this amazing girl, beginning her Ivy League career at 15 years old.

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We are really enjoying Seton's curriculum and though the pace in the lesson plans is a bit slow for us, it's a great balance and variety of activities. On Monday, Dad was home, so Bookworm requested that he teach her for the day, "since he's smarter and knows more things". [I was offended that she thought he knows more things, but the reality is he does have a bachelor's degree and I do not. However, I do know a lot of stuff and we are about as equally matched as they come - but with widely different interests.] I was pleased when after an hour, he got antsy and was trying to come up with other things to do, while Bookworm encouraged him to sit back down and explain something to her. After a couple hours, he stood up and hugged me and whispered in my ear, "I appreciate you so much."

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God has surely blessed us.