Am I still allowed to blog?
I know. I know. I am so lame for not having blogged in ages. I still don't have a new camera. We are kinda poh right now having spent all our money on our house. So, rather than disappear completely from the family, I decided that a word was worth a hundred pictures.
Things are going really well for us. I've been homeschooling Andi now for about 2 months. She loved it at first but now she says she would rather not do school. Not here, and not at a school. So I said, "really, well pick up your pencil and get to work." I think she actually does like it though. On days when we get a lot done we've spent about 1 1/2 hours doing school. We have a very active social life too. It has been great. Andi is in a homeschool gymnastics class, the Austin Children's choir, and a Waldorf kind of interpretive dance class (Eurythmy). We're going crafts on Friday with my friend Greta and her kids. So, Andi has lots of time with friends. She has made good friends with another little homeschooled girl that lives behind us. They can walk back and forth between the houses.
Sam has been very patient with homeschooling. Our only hiccup was the first day of school when he was a little freaked out for some strange reason. I'm not sure if he thought he was going to be sent off to school or what. He cried and cried. Since then, he's been fine. He just plays around us and it has worked out really well so far. One of his best little friends has an older brother from Andi's Kindergarten class that is now being homeschooled too. We see them at least twice a week at different homeschool activities. Of course, Sam is soaking everything up too. Andi was counting by 2's and when she got to 14 she hesitated and Sam said, "16". It doesn't even seem that he is paying attention but.... He, by the way, is riding a bike with no training wheels. Pretty good for 3 1/2. He's very proud of himself.
Andi had a performance with the Austin Children's choir last weekend. They performed for about 200 people at a Teacher's Retirement conference. It was so beautiful and they got a standing ovation. Of course, who wouldn't give an ovation to a bunch of adorable children. There are about 125-150 children in the choir and it is a top notch organization. They have another performance in Nov and one in Dec. Unfortunately it is on the 3rd so you guys probably won't be able to see it.
This weekend we are hosting a Halloween party which is a cooperative effort of the Austin Waldorf Homeschoolers. We expect up to 50 kids. It will be a potluck and a number of people will be bringing games for the children to play with prizes and everything. We've been busy making decorations and getting organized for the big event.
Well, that is the scoop in Austin. We love you all.
Things are going really well for us. I've been homeschooling Andi now for about 2 months. She loved it at first but now she says she would rather not do school. Not here, and not at a school. So I said, "really, well pick up your pencil and get to work." I think she actually does like it though. On days when we get a lot done we've spent about 1 1/2 hours doing school. We have a very active social life too. It has been great. Andi is in a homeschool gymnastics class, the Austin Children's choir, and a Waldorf kind of interpretive dance class (Eurythmy). We're going crafts on Friday with my friend Greta and her kids. So, Andi has lots of time with friends. She has made good friends with another little homeschooled girl that lives behind us. They can walk back and forth between the houses.
Sam has been very patient with homeschooling. Our only hiccup was the first day of school when he was a little freaked out for some strange reason. I'm not sure if he thought he was going to be sent off to school or what. He cried and cried. Since then, he's been fine. He just plays around us and it has worked out really well so far. One of his best little friends has an older brother from Andi's Kindergarten class that is now being homeschooled too. We see them at least twice a week at different homeschool activities. Of course, Sam is soaking everything up too. Andi was counting by 2's and when she got to 14 she hesitated and Sam said, "16". It doesn't even seem that he is paying attention but.... He, by the way, is riding a bike with no training wheels. Pretty good for 3 1/2. He's very proud of himself.
Andi had a performance with the Austin Children's choir last weekend. They performed for about 200 people at a Teacher's Retirement conference. It was so beautiful and they got a standing ovation. Of course, who wouldn't give an ovation to a bunch of adorable children. There are about 125-150 children in the choir and it is a top notch organization. They have another performance in Nov and one in Dec. Unfortunately it is on the 3rd so you guys probably won't be able to see it.
This weekend we are hosting a Halloween party which is a cooperative effort of the Austin Waldorf Homeschoolers. We expect up to 50 kids. It will be a potluck and a number of people will be bringing games for the children to play with prizes and everything. We've been busy making decorations and getting organized for the big event.
Well, that is the scoop in Austin. We love you all.
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