Busy Weekend = More Pictures

Let's see...I'm trying to remember back to the weekend. Thursday afternoon I treated the girls to a trip to the pool. There were no other friends there, so they were stuck with each other...which was a good thing. Trouble comes when there's a "third wheel" and one of them feels left out. But they had a great time...and mama had some quiet reading time! :) The weather was perfect...sunny, warm, but dry.

Friday the boys went fishing and the girls and I went grocery shopping (I totally got the short straw on that one!) Saturday we had the girls t-ball tournament. It was COLD! Well, for July anyway! The girls played really well, and thankfully, their team won their third, and last, game. I think they both had a fun time, and we made it home in time for lunch. (Meals on the run get a little tricky when you're dealing with diabetes AND a special family diet).

Sunday, we were back to warmer weather. After church, we were back to the ball field for the church softball tournament. Luckily, they had enough players so I didn't have to play. :) And I had friends to chat with...while the girls had friends to play with. Our team did very well....we won our 1st, 3rd, and 4th games (our 2 losses were to the same team). Barry was injured in the 4th game....the first baseman missed a throw and the ball hit him in the calf, putting him out for the rest of the day. Tony played very well and had a great time, too. We were very tired by 6pm, to say the least!

We've been unschooling since last week. It's pretty much gone the way I figured it would...besides doing devotions first thing...and them reading 30-60 minutes in the afternoon...they haven't done anything really. Of course, we've watched a dvd on ancient Roman cites, the normal Animal Planet and Discovery shows, and played the new games I picked up on Friday, Boggle (my favorite!) and Scrabble Slam. The problem is that kids usually need time to decompress and get bored before they really dive into independent learning. Surprisingly, Barry is totally on board with this! I'm shocked. I asked him to read a book on unschooling for his thoughts, and apparently, he thinks it could work. He worries about math, though, which I do, too. However, today I found a program/website called "Living Math". It sounds like it's right up Alana's alley.

I'm currently working on deciding what curriculum to order for the coming year. I'm eclectic in that I order different from different companies and programs for each subject. And, like most homeschoolers, I'm always searching for the "perfect curriculum". It's sad that I can't trust myself to lead them on my own. I'm working on it. And driving myself nuts....

Kinda cranky today. My Bible study was canceled, so there goes my much-needed fellowship time. And the state of the nation/government is truly testing my faith. I worry. A lot. I'm learning to hand them over to the Lord. But I fail. A lot. At times I feel like we're being "handed over to Babylon" as punishment for our country forgetting & defying God. And at other times I feel as though we're entering the end times. My friend Martha reminds me, "Jesus is comin', Missy. Jesus is coming!" I know he is, and I know where my eternal home is. But until that time comes, I have children to protect. So, I worry. And then I pray. A lot.