Summer Homeschooling... Yep, I'm back!

Out of respect for those who've not been long time readers of my blog, I'll first mention that we actually hung up our homeschooling hats in January to give our son the structure found in public school. He has been officially diagnosed with Aspergers and it was strongly recommended that he attend a classroom setting where he could experience peer modeling on a regular basis. It was definitely scary, but he did amazingly well! He finished his first semester at public school with all A's, just one B in math, and an award only given to a couple of students per classroom for being respectful. I was so proud! My daughter rec'd the same award and I think our family was the only one in the school with two siblings both honored that day! lol

My son is now officially a 3rd grader and my little girl will be starting 1st grade in August. I'm so relieved that our first and only experience in the public school system was a positive one. I really didn't know what to expect, but the challenges we faced at home were mounting to such a degree that we weren't learning and my son wasn't happy. Today he's so much more confident, smiles more and is acting more age appropriate. So, at least for the time being it's a success story. I'm still a firm believer in homeschooling, yet I realize there is a time and season for everything. This isn't my families season to be home... well, except for the fact that it's Summer and we can't take a break from learning!

So, we are homeschooling again! For the next 10 weeks we'll be sharing our Summer regimen, which will largely be spent outside the house. I finally have wheels during the day! Money has never been tighter for me, but that's because I'm spending what little I make buying gasoline. I'm praying the price of gas will hold off under $3. We have a large van and it is every bit the gas guzzler!

I need to start picking up the pace on my blogging again anyway. I'm somewhat ashamed of what this blog has become. There isn't a lot of useful content being added these days to my blogs and I'd like to change that it in a big way! I'm going to take advantage of Blogger's draft feature and try to create 5 new posts a week that will be set to publish each day, rather than all at once. One of the reasons for this is honestly that my advertisers prefer that I post on a regular basis. When I go a week or two, my income isn't nearly as nice. lol

So, I'm back! This post is just the start of Wendy's Summer journey. I must go for now to work on a birthday cake for someone who works with my mom. It's actually for the woman's daughter... so much fun to make cakes for little girls! Can't wait to get started! :o)