Renos, School, and Quotes

There never seems to be a shortage of material to write about in this household. Today, thus far, has gone well. I have implemented a mandatory 30minute reading time in the morning before breakfast since the kids always seem to get up before me, making my personal reading time difficult to do at times. So between 6:30 and 7:00 all children who are up must sit and look at a book quietly. It is a much better way to start the day.

I managed to put up the baseboards in the bathroom today. I am unhappy with the colour of paint on the wall (yes, I put on 2 coats anyways) and I think I will be repainting. Otherwise, the bathroom looks GREAT! The only thing left to do is buy a shower curtain and scrub the whole bathroom down.

I was also able to put together next year's curriculum. I am satisfied with what I have. I will need to find Paul some good Kindergartin material. I am thinking Horizons Math (since I love that program for my other kids), Learning to Read in 100 Easy Lessons, and Canadian Printing Book A. I would like something hands on for Science yet. That may require a trip to the Education Station in Edmonton.

I also want a good Bible history program. I'm not sure what yet. Some ideas that have crossed my mind are studying the historical significance of every book of the Bible and labelling the books (major prophet, gospel, minor prophet, Pentateuch, etc). Another idea is to go through the book 'Reformation Heroes' by Joel Beeke. Anyways, that is still in the air.

We'll be adding Spanish this year too, using Rosetta Stone. This is completely new territory for me so the learning curve might be a little steep.

This may be boring to many of you, but there's life in a nutshell. I am going to tackle some laundry and tidy up the house before my hubby comes home from work. I'll leave you with 2 quotes from my 2 oldest.

Eric (reading the math problem in his mathbook): "Elizabeth's teacher told her to take six thousand, seven hundren thirty-four away from nine thousand, nine hundred seventy-six. What should be her answer? .....Mom, that's not really my problem. It's Elizabeth's.

Me: Lindsay, do your Math.
Lindsay: But moooommmmm...I'm hardly working!
Me: Exactly.