Dirty boys!

decisons have been made..whewwww

Whewww doesn't that always feel like a load being LIFTED!   Yesterday afternoon dh and I sat down and I explained to him our "options" and just talking it out to him...helped me "see the light".   

My first decision was next years homeschool items.  Thank goodness we LOVE Weaver so I only had to decide on a Math and Phonics!!   I also do love our Horizon Math so I knew with ds(6) we'd do Horizon 1.  However we are now adding in ds(who will be 5 in July) and it is a bit different because they are different learners, I can tell already!!   Well we decided to go ahead and try Horizon K with ds(5) because I already have the teachers manual and will only need to order 2 student books.

Then there was the phonics to decide..................................................   I was waivering between the Explode the Code / Alpha Phonics (which we have been using this year), Rod and Staff 1, or Horizon 1 for Phonics.   After sitting down with dh and looking it all over we are going to go ahead adn continue with the next Explode th Code (1 1/2 and 2) for ds(6) and Explode the Code 1 for ds (stb 5).

I couldn't imagine having to pick out all the extras (ss, sci, health, etc)....COULDN"T Imagine!  I just LOVE Weaver and we will be moving on to Vol 2!!   We do Weaver very relaxed right now...we do it a lot like the Charlotte Mason kind of way... we do MOST of our learning by reading LIVING BOOKS on our current subject.   We do field trips, but I'm not one on a lot of "projects /crafts" nor will I start next year with a new baby. 

Then...dh an I sat down and talked cloth diapers and we are going to go with the Frugal Fannie diapers...they are so cute and so AFFORDABLE!!!   So I contacted the maker and we are on our way!!

The reason a lot of these decisions needed to be made was because the BIG Homeschool Convention in PA is next month and I wanted to have my ducks in a row.   Although we just found out dh works BOTH days of the convention so we'll not be going....but that is okay because now I KNOW what I want I can buy it on line (hopefully used for Weaver) and if I went to the convention my attention would be EVERYWHERE and I'd spend more $$... so it all worked out.

Also dh is getting a nice size check from his last employer probably Friday and we'd like to buy our curriculum and diapers with that $$. 

So now we are just plugging along...and I'm just happy the decisions have been made.  After all if its not broken why fix it, right?

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08:36, 2007-Apr-17 .. Posted by kayinpa

Congrats on getting all your decisions made. I am still in the process although I know pretty much what I will go with (Story of the World, Math U See, BF History of Science, Abeka Grammar etc etc), I am always still looking at that other curriculum that looks so promising (including Weaver)....thankfully my budget constraints pretty much keep me from going overboard! LOL. Where are you in PA, if you cant make CHAP and live in SE, PA....in June they are having the SEARCH fair in Quakertown, not as large as CHAP, but Alpha Omega will be there. Of course this month with the 20& off sale, it might be better just to go ahead and order it anyway. Sorry for the long ramble...I love to talk curriculum! :)

Weaver

09:41, 2007-Apr-17 .. Posted by JubileeFarm5

Not sure why I couldn't stick with it. I liked it. I am doing a World of Adventure now. It is getting us through Ancient Egypt and soon on to Ancient Greece. So I am content to stick with that for now. It is so helpful with our DH's can be a sounding board for us isn't it?!!
Blessings
Melanie