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This was Josie's first formal dance; Homeschool Winter Formal. She went with Meg and two friends. I heart the girl-power!! I also loved the photo opportunities :) They had a blast, the dance was at the hotel at Knott's Berry Farm. The girls got ready at our house, and then I took them out for photos.
Josie is on the right in burgundy, and Meg is on the left in cowboy boots {of course}
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I have admitted my adult-A.D.D.-ness, and will try some home remedies first, like green-tea. I already self-medicate with diet coke and dark chocolate... I think it might be time to discuss this with my Dr. I spend so much of my time spinning my wheels aimlessly, it is very frustrating.
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Sky thinks I should start drinking coffee, since coffee has more caffeine then green-tea. (the A.D.D. thing) I'm just not willing to go over to the dark-side. Sky is a true coffee-snob, he drinks french-pressed coffee. Right now, his favorite blend is one he picked up on San Juan island. I am about to experiment with bullet-proof coffee for him- basically it is good coffee blended with almost a stick of grass-fed butter. I'll report back....does sound kind of yummy, though, doesn't it?
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I have abandoned my much-loved MFW curriculum and switched over to Oak Meadow. This is related to #2 above. I wrote in an earlier post how much better following a simple spine-text works for me and realized I needed to live this truth and simplify things. *Using spine-texts for homeschooling
We are now using Oak Meadow 5 History/English and Science texts with Demi & Amie, and Oak Meadow High school World History for Josie, and Oak Meadow High school U.S. Government for Meg.
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So, I started Demi and Amie with the second half of week 5 in OM...not exactly where we were in MFW, but I didn't want to skip reading about Jamestown, so this is where I decided to pick up at. Sooo, I look through the text and see that it centers mostly on indentured servants and relates that to slavery, but I really want to delve more deeply into Jamestown, so I look through my MFW books still on the shelves, then rifle through the student worksheets I have for MFW, looking for something on Jamestown. I don't find anything, so I pick up Hakim's Story of US vol. 2 -(I love this series) and find a chapter on Jamestown. Perfect! Not quite satisfied, I also search online and find a neat animated journey through Jamestown history on National Geographic for kids.
The next day, after all this searching, I realized I just failed the whole A.D.D. thing, didn't I?
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Meg just started a class for Economics at Biola Star. I am really, really glad I don't have to teach this one!
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Amie started a Hogwarts for Muggles class. It is a wonderful/creative class and so fun! Down-side? It is a one-hour drive from here. She was jumping-up and down excited about it. I figured, she is almost 11 years old and this is probably the last time a totally magical world can excite her and fuel her imagination, so I decided to go for it. It's a 12 week class! She is having a blast, and doing some really creative things, so it is worth it.