The Homeschool Mother's Journal...

I can not believe it has been over a month since I last posted.  This summer is flying by so quickly!!!  And, still so many thing that I want to do and places we want to visit.  Better start tackling the list soon or the whole summer will be gone.

I am once again linking up with Weird, Unsocialized Homeschooler for the Homeschool Mothers Journal, you can find it here if you want to join in also.
 
 

IN MY LIFE THIS WEEK...
We had the pleasure (for us anyway) of having my hubby home with us all week.  While it was unfortunate for him (he was in quite a lot of pain due to a sprained thumb).  We have not had him home for a whole week for at least a year.
IN OUR HOMESCHOOL THIS WEEK...
We have relaxed quite a bit the past couple of weeks, we are year round homeschoolers (we have just lost our direction a little).  Elyse has continued to do her math work for at least 3 days a week, but Haven's school has pretty much slacked completely off.  We are reading a lot, we started the Summer Reading program through our library and that is keeping all of the girls pretty entertained.  I also made BINGO cards with lots of fun activities on them for the girls to use so the "I'm bored" statement doesn't become part of their everyday lingo.
PLACES WE ARE GOING AND PEOPLE WE ARE SEEING...
We met up with a group of friends at the Children's Museum this week, the girls had so much fun and I was completely worn out when we left there.  Hubby was a trooper, he went with us and at times it looked like even he was entertained being there.  Planning to go back again this week, they have a series that aligns perfectly to Galloping the Globe which we will begin in the fall.
MY FAVORITE THING THIS WEEK WAS... 
Not being on any type of morning schedule at all.  I would not like survive if every week was without a schedule but one week a year is actually kind of nice.
WHAT IS WORKING/NOT WORKING FOR US...
The BINGO cards I mentioned earlier have been a wonderful hit for us, there are rules(isn't there always) that the girls have to follow before they can begin working on their cards, namely, their room has to be clean and breakfast has to be eaten.  Then they are free to begin the activities on their cards.  It has been so fun watching them try new things and revisit old activities that they used to think were boring.
QUESTIONS/THOUGHTS I HAVE...
I am so glad I finally decided on a math curriculum for Elyse, I chose Bob Jones...I know, I know, it wasn't even one of my original choices but I am so excited to begin it in the fall!!
A PHOTO/VIDEO/LINK OR QUOTE TO SHARE...

This is not a recent pic. But I couldn't resist sharing.  I just found an old sd card that had pictures I had completely forgotten about taking.  This is my oldest and middle children about 2 years ago.  Wow, time flies!!