Teenager!

How can something that started off so small...

[Is it my imagination or do y'all also see a resemblance to Ian?]

...turn into a taller-than-mom young man?

[These pictures were taken back in March. He looks even older now! 

I have a feeling I'm going to be making that same statement for the next 10 years... okay, 30.]

On the birthday agenda:

-breakfast of bacon and eggs

-scuba diving with daddy

-lunch!

-mint chocolate chip ice cream birthday cake from marble slab

-dinner at his favorite Korean restaurant where he can chow down on bulgogi

Hmmm... 4 out of 5 things on that list deal with food.  Imagine that.

HAPPY 13th BIRTHDAY, AUSTIN!!!

2012-2013 Homeschool Curriculum

It's time for the 4th annual "Not" Back-to-School Blog Hop!

This week is all about curriculum. *swoon*

Hello, my name is Marsha and I am a curriculum junkie.

With all the new! and amazing! and fun! products that come out every year, no wonder it is hard to choose or stick with the same program each year. Even when I have chosen and purchased and planned, there is no guarantee that two weeks into the program we will decide that I was overly ambitious in the planning stage (hello, Mapping the World by Heart from last year... not!).

It will be interesting to see how our daily schedule plays out with Ian in the mix.

He is a pretty happy and easy going baby 99% of the time.
But sometimes that 1% is a doozy! :-)

AUSTIN - 13 years old, Grade 7/8

Math:
Teaching Textbooks Math 7

History:
All American History Volume 1: The Explorers to the Jacksonians

Science:
*Science Fusion Life Science: Cells and Heredity, The Diversity of Living Things, The Human Body

Language Arts:
Wordly Wise 3000 Level 7 and Level 8
The Giggly Guide to Grammar
The Paragraph Book 2: Writing the Paragraph that Tells a Story
Daily Language Review Grade 8

Foreign Language:
**Rosetta Stone Latin Level 2

Other:
Type to Learn 4: Agents of Information
Guitar
Swimming
Scuba Diving

NOAH - 11 years old, Grade 6

Math:
Math U See Epsilon
Teaching Textbooks Math 7

History:
All American History Volume 1: The Explorers to the Jacksonians

Science:
*Science Fusion Life Science: Cells and Heredity, The Diversity of Living Things, The Human Body

Language Arts:
Wordly Wise 3000 Level 6
The Giggly Guide to Grammar
The Paragraph Book 2: Writing the Paragraph that Tells a Story
Daily Language Review Grade 6

Foreign Language:
**Rosetta Stone Latin Level 2

Other:
Type to Learn 4: Agents of Information
Guitar
Swimming
Soccer


* Just so y'all know, the science was discounted through Homeschool Buyer's Co-op. Membership is free and I have purchased programs and curriculum for 30-60% off retail price.

** I HIGHLY recommend Rosetta Stone. If you buy it through My Father's World, you will get their Daily Lessons Plans for Level 1 for free. If you can swing it financially, buy Levels 1 & 2 together as you will kick yourself later for having to pay for Level 2 by itself. It's a much better deal together.

To see what everyone else is doing this year or to join in the fun, visit the iHomeschool Network HERE.

PS I can't leave y'all with a crying Ian!



Ahhh... that's better.