Behind and ahead....

I have gotten behind on the blog. I knew it would happen since I am just starting out but to be fair to myself, we have been having a couple of ho-hum weeks. Basically,since my work has been short staffed I have worked 40-50 hours a week and Matt had a change in his shifts which we are getting adjusted to as well. Aaron did get to go stay with Matt's parents for a few days. He super loves to go there because they just have a great way with him and show such unconditional love. Every kid needs someplace and someone outside of their parents that makes them feel totally accepted and that is Matt's parents house. He comes home with such a great and happy attitude. I am grateful to have such wonderful people in my life.
 We did decide on a school starting date, August 13th. Basically, it gives us a week to finish up prep and that is probably more then we need.We have decided to use Time 4 Learning and a variety of free sites. Basically going to be covering: Geography, Science, Math, History, Spelling, Writing and Reading, as well as moving on with Chinese. We have plotted out a number of different lesson and both Matt and I are looking forward to teaching. Matt will also cover Art and Gym. Aaron already takes piano lesson so Music is covered. This is our first full year and we are excited to get started. Aaron on the other hand could care less about any of it. I don't know if it is his age or what but he just seems so uninterested in everything we bring up. He says he is happy to be staying home but other then that he has made very little comment on anything we have shown him. My Mother says it is his age and that once we get started he will be more excited. I hope so.  I love to read about all the kids who do all this spectacular learning and extra projects and how excited and advanced they are just Naturally but that is not Aaron. We are hoping to inspire Aaron to more this year and battle less.
Cheers and good hopes all!
~<3~ HB