3rd kid - I got it.  Her birthday was almost 2 months ago.  Moving on... For Lucy's first birthday we happened to be at the beach with my family.  Not a bad place to spend your birthday!   The party was not a Pinterest spectacular.  It was a run to Publix, open a few present, then head out for your cousins to ride go-carts.   Here are some things she has accomplished in her first year: - has been to 16 states - has been on 11 airplanes  - Six Flags twice - Disney World once - been to The Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic  - visited The Mall of America - has been to New York City multiple times, Boston,  and Washington D.C. -5 college football games -The Statue of Liberty - Been on the Today Show - 5 road trips -Concerts at Trophy Point, parades, Top of the Rock, Dinner with Cinederella, ski trip and pool time Whew!  Poor kid won't remember any of it! Weight: I think 15lbs. I r...

I am in complete denial that we start school next week.  Yikes!  More summer please!  While I will miss summer days and the ability to plow through my to do list, getting back to a routine and schedule will be nice.  We are going to keep things pretty easy for the first couple of weeks...like wading into the pool instead of jumping in. I am becoming more and more committed to homeschooling the more research I do.  Forget the moral or spiritual reasons - the educational benefits of one on one education are pretty significant.  Not to say that it is for everyone, but I am excited about our journey. So as we prepare for next week, here are our curriculum choices for this year Addison Bible  -  Grapevine Studies and ABCs for Godly Children.  We will also be reading missionary biographies from YWAM publishing .  We will start with Gladys Aylward.  We will also work on memorizing a chapter of scripture this semester.  ...