Back To A Routine!

We have been doing year-round school for a couple of different reasons...less work each day, shorter school weeks and they won't lose as much over a long summer break. We took the past couple of weeks of from school.  It was great!  I read 4 books...and they were fun books, not how-to-homeschool-books.  We had my parents and the  Peters family visit us.  We've done a lot of movie watching and playing with friends.
We restarted school this week and I have to admit that it's been great.  I feel happier when we are following a routine.  I've realized that we don't follow a schedule as much as we follow a routine.  I like to be flexible with what time we do things.  We may sleep in one day so we start our morning at 9:30.  We just do everything a bit later.
I am trying to get Jaylee and Conrad to finish their 3rd grade History and Math.  I want to be able to start 4th grade material around the time their peers will be starting.  We started our current Math curriculum later in the school year, so we are a bit behind.  With History, it was the subject we would skip if we'd had enough!
We're loving our current curriculum!  Wavy bugs me to do her new Reading Program, and she's doing great!  We found this program at this year's Curriculum Fair.
Wavy also started Saxon's 1st Grade Math.  She feels grown-up because she is doing the same kind of Math as the big kids.
Jaylee is on her 2nd Level of her 'special' Reading Program, called Sound Reading Remedy.  It is supposed to help her with her reading challenges.  She loves it because it seems like it is just a game.
Conrad is doing great in his Drawing class.  I think we'll stick with it for awhile.  It seems to be a talent of his.
Harrison is Harrison....crazy, funny, adorable, naughty and still has a crooked neck!  We have been slacking with his therapy.  We need a pep talk to remotivate ourselves.  He is walking.  Wobbly but walking.
I was just called to be an Advisor in Young Womens.  I'm excited.  I love working with the YW and I love the YW program.  I'm also glad because I am still able to be the Organist, as well.
Matt is taking one MBA class this summer.  He is still working at Super 8 and Fresh Market.  He is still teaching the 9 year old boys at church.
We are still doing our 60 Day Book of Mormon Challenge.  We are a bit behind, but not so behind that we can't finish on time.  We only have about 13 days left!  The hardest part about it has been our schedules.  There have been several days when we haven't seen each other so we were not able to read together.  It's been great, though.  I really hope we can finish it!

Routines are great....glad to be back on one!