Blog Blues

I seem to have a love/hate relationship with this blog. My days and weeks are busy and it is difficult to find the time to sit down and update how our schooling is going. This was our first week back at school after our 2-week spring break. Julia was ready to start up again, as shown through the school to-do list she left on our dry erase board last week. But, we have had a busy week with more doctor appointments, birthday parties, etc and it has left us at the end of the week, slightly behind. Sigh.

On May 8th PACT is putting on a big show. An open house of sorts with a BBQ, students projects on display, student musical performances, silent auction, kids games, sundae bar, etc. Julia and I are working on (ok, so we haven't offically began yet, its still all in my head really) a unit study of North America. It will include some geography, some demography, some plants and animals endemic to the area, etc. I think it will be a fun project, and someday I think it would be wonderful to make one for each continent, but we (mostly I) are (am) having a hard time getting it started. And then there are other things like math, phonics, reading, etc to keep up with too. Not to mention a certain little girl's birthday party to plan.

The good news of the past week is that I finally accomplished what I set out at the beginning of the school year to do. I took advantage of the girls both being busy in their classes on Tuesday morning and took a pilates class at our brand new gym. And, I went back yesterday and took a second class. I'm really enjoying both the instructor as well as the class itself. I think I can feel a difference already. So, my goal will be to keep up with the pilates classes on Tuesday and Thursday mornings (on Thursdays Karley is at preschool, but Julia gets to hang out at the club in the kid club area---she loves it).

I know I have not posted photos in a long time. Next week I'll try to put some photos up of our progress on our North America project. That's wishful thinking if I ever heard it!