Update

I haven't posted in a long time! We took a break for the holidays, and then when school started up again I was really busy and it slipped my mind. I would love to tell you that we planted a garden, began quilting, and took up pottery. But nope, we have just been doing the same old stuff, and nothing super exciting!

I do have a few things that I want to mention. Emma has really taken to drawing lately, so I am trying to work more art into our lessons. We also just brought my mom's piano into our home and we are going to learn how to play it. And, like everyone who uses the Math-U-See program, in the primer level your child learns to solve for the unknown. But this is especially exciting for me; I love to watch Emma do basic algebra in Kindergarten. There is a lightbulb that is shining above her little head here at home, and I get to be the one to see it. I am so lucky.

I want to mention this book, called In Grandma's Attic. It is amazing. Each chapter is a short story from the life of the author's grandmother. Each story is not only rich in humor but in Christian character development.

We have also begun reading Little House in the Big Woods in the evenings. Emma is obsessed with Little House right now. She even asked me to sew her a calico dress, an apron, and a bonnet. She must think that all moms are like Caroline Ingalls. Oh well, at least she is out of her Camp Rock phase!