Week 1

The chalkboard wasn't big enough, so I'm making it bigger.  We are learning about dinosaurs and following the good and beautiful curriculum.  I'm in love.  I want to go back to school and relearn everything from this curriculum.  It is so beautiful and uplifting.  It brings God into our discussions so easily and naturally.  We are also studying dinosaurs as we are going to visit some dinosaur sights over the next two months. The baby is a lot of work, she makes big messes while we learn, but she is learning too and she want's so badly to be big like her sisters. She gets very angry when she just can't do what they are doing.  We also celebrated valentines day and wrote valentines to our Savior Jesus Christ.  We made donuts and heart pizzas and played games together as a family. We made binoculars and went for a nature walk in the freezing cold. It was great, until they were all a little too cold... There's a lot going on and while I was afraid that if I spent so much time with my children I would become more impatient with them and feel spent, the opposite is USUALLY true.  I love that we are spending time together doing something that is engaging to both them and I.  And I find that I actually have plenty of time to myself as we have developed our schedule.  We start the morning with gospel study, then do piano and reading, chores and then start "school" around 10:00.  We usually finish up around 12:00 sometimes 1:00 if we really get into something.