It's 2018 and I'm Back!

Hello, my lovely blog readers! Did you miss me? It's okay if you didn't because your life is probably as busy and insane as my own.

Can you believe I didn't blog at ALL in 2017? Not once! An entire school year in the books without a single post documenting it. But that's okay, because I gave myself permission before the year began to not blog. Sometimes we need to cut things from our schedule for a season in order to put our focus more fully in other areas.

But, I'm back for 2018!

A super quick recap of what we did last year.....

We used My Father's World's Rome to the Reformation for Bible, history, science, music, and art. Both kids used Singapore Math. Mister E worked through Language Lessons for Today and part of Spelling by Sound and Structure until I realized he already knew how to spell all the words in the book and dropped it. Miss M used the final one third of Intermediate Language Lessons, All-in-One English, and Writing Strands 4.

We studied anatomy and astronomy in science.

We wore costumes.

We did art projects.

We conquered math books.

We feasted on roast peacock, built Roman arches, and received the Medieval Key to the City of Knowledge.

It was a wonderful year and we made great memories. Now it is time to turn from the past and look ahead to the future. A new year, new curriculum, new grades, and many new topics to explore. Check back soon for an update on what we'll be studying in 2018.

P.S. It wasn't really a peacock, just a turkey.

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