Teaching and More Teaching

It's been about five months since my last entry...hard to imagine!  So much has changed (as always). The girls are still at their private school and I'm still teaching college writing courses, although this semester has been extremely challenging.  Additionally, I'm teaching 4th grade homeschoolers one day a week and preschoolers one day a week, and doing a little dyslexia tutoring.  I'm tired just thinking about it! 

We're still highly considering homeschooling after Christmas break.  I've decided not to accept the offer at my college for the one class offered this spring and to just have faith that the Lord will provide good jobs for my husband.  When I broke down the expense of driving and the time consumed, one class wasn't worth the hassle.  Besides, I'd like to spend more quality time with my littles while they are little.  Anyway, back to my topic...Lovely has had several problems with other kids at school this year and both girls are asking to homeschool.  I know they can learn a lot from me if they actually do the work and don't try my patience quite as much as they have in the past.  Also, the drive to the private school takes a minimum of 11 hours a week and I'm estimating gas to cost around $1500 for the semester.  Car mileage is another problem--around 9,000 miles just to drive them to school.  It just doesn't seem practical. 

So far, I love teaching the homeschoolers and the preschoolers.  I'm doing Horizons math, First Language Lessons for grammar, Memoria Press for reading/literature, Latin, & Bible, All About Spelling for spelling of course, IEW for writing, and I honestly can't remember the name of the science book...shame on me!  I'm having fun with all of the programs, though, and I can see using them for my children.  I may choose something else for science and math in the future, but we can see how it goes. 

I better begin planning Lovely's birthday...I can't believe it's almost here!