Happy Monday!

I woke up early (for me) this morning, showered and hopped on my laptop to catch up with Facebook and friends.  I was really excited to be ready to go for my kids...who are still in bed at 11:09AM. 

One of the reasons I love homeschooling is freedom.  Freedom to stay up late and sleep in is one of the things I love.  Teens need a lot of sleep and I'm happy to let my teens sleep as much as they need to.  It's just not quite the start to the week I wanted.  I'm sure we'll get going around lunch time and then hopefully it will be a great, productive day.

In other news, once a week the kids are taking a chemistry class and their friends just joined last week, which made it much more enjoyable for them.

Also, a fellow homeschool mom told Caitlyn and I about a great class she wanted her to come try and Caitlyn did and she really enjoyed it.  I mean, how cool is this?

She will go twice a week and I'm just so happy she has found something she likes.  Things are going good, we are getting out more and now if something would come along for Brett that would be perfect.  Park day with another group we are in will be starting soon and there is a good teen group there so I'm willing to drive 45 minutes to get them there. 

I've been working on our fall bucket list and I may share that in another post.  I like making lists of things I want to do with the kids.  I only have a couple more years before I am a mom to all adults so I want to make the most out of the small amount of time we have left. 

Summer is winding down

We started our day at the pool today, it was another hot, beautiful morning here in Florida.  The kids in our school district started up last week and we plan on enjoying as many mornings as we can get in before the weather turns cools.  We should have a couple more months at least.  I suggested bringing some school books up there but no one except me liked that idea.  Caitlyn did bring her current manga though and read some up there. 

Every afternoon now we have been having some good summer storms.  I love these, it makes you feel so cozy and I usually read aloud while it rains and we are all just happy to be indoors and together with candles lit. 

Tomorrow Caitlyn and Brett are trying out an Intro to Chemistry class.  We usually don't enjoy the classes we try out so I am really hoping this one is good and at their level and they learn and have fun.  It's outdoors so that will be nice when it starts cooling down.  Tomorrow, not so much. 

We also have plans to take a tour of the Budweiser plant, I've heard its good and hope we enjoy that too.

I am looking forward to nicer days where it will be bearable to be outside and not be by water.  We have a very nice place in our neighborhood called The Outpost that we like to go to and have nature study and do other school outside and I can't wait to do that. 

We are in the middle of a curriculum and have schooled through the summer so we aren't starting or beginning a new study this fall.  I'll post about what we're using soon.