Where I continue to ramble

The end is in sight!

The end of the month that is. Thank goodness!!

In the process of all the madness that seems to be this month I have been able to get all but one book for school next year, and just today I wrote up our first week's lesson plans. To say our plate is full would be an understatement. I'm nervous.

How do any of you homeschooling families that join co-ops schedule your school weeks? 4 day weeks? 5 day weeks? I am racking my brain on how to set it all up to be effective this next year. We have a lot of curriculum to cover.

See...

That is just the first week for one child lol. I bought the $1 planner from Target to just rough draft our lesson plans before I entered them in to my Well Planned Day Planner... Just to get a rough estimate of our week.

I have a big post in the works with our curriculum picks and description of some ideas we are thinking of right now for 2011-2012. If I can manage the schedule I think a lot of learning and fun will be had. We have all of our books but one already, and the kids are itchin' to get started. I am thinking though after the nuts of a month July has been I may need a mental break in August. We'll have to wait to see.

Hmmmm...What else has been happening lately?

*My baby boy turned 2 on Monday. He loves "WeeOooWeeOoo's" (I know the cake is not the nicest in detail but it's all we could do with running out of blk gel frosting) :-/

*My husband and I got to go on a date for the first time in over a year and a half. Yes it's been that long. Sad huh!? Time and money the two biggest factors as to why. Still sad though. We had a good time though. We got to see Sugarland in concert with 4 other couples from church.

*My first wedding shoot is about to take place. I'm nervous. They are confident. That's good right? ;)

*We are having a crazy weird summer weather wise.

*Our VBS week is about to start. Always crazy with one vehicle and VBS 20 miles from home.

*We have been seriously lacking some family down time. We are in desperate need of some reconnection. So needed!!

*We are a step closer to having my husband's resume finally ready to submit for a potential new job. This could be huge for our family and I'd be lying if I said I was ok with how long this has taken. The patience waiting game is killing me!!

*I have not picked up my camera nearly enough this summer and it's breaking my heart.

*My middle son is now 2 weeks into his first ever class at the community center. I honestly thought he would be so excited. However there have been tears now 2 weeks in a row asking to go home. I'm not sure what to do. :(

*My now 2 yr old will soon be moving to a race car toddler bed. I am bittersweet about this. However a super cool part... It's a hand-me-down bed. Not through family though. Nope. It's through our church!!! How cool is that!? A whole bunch of boys throughout our church have used this bed and have passed it down, and now it is our turn to use it. I can not tell you how excited I am about this! So grateful too.

I think that is about it. Although I am positive I am missing something. My head and heart are so full these days. I need a nice long, quiet, writing jam session soon.