New Year

I love the new "school" year!!! We are just starting school back up, after taking a few months off. Why are we starting the end of July.... well, we live in a neighborhood where the school is year round, and school just started, so I figured we would too. I worked up a new schedule and we ran it today and it went amazingly smooth!! Now I know not everyday will go this smoothly, but it will be nice having a game plan. Basically, I start my day by 5:00, which gives me time in the morning for scripture study, personal study time, and time to exercise. I wake the oldest three up at 7:00 and we have devotional with Jason. Then the kids do their morning chores while I make breakfast. We eat breakfast together while we read and discuss different books, such as Gospel Principles, a picture book for the young kids, and this month we are reading Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. That last until about 9:00, then it is Bubba's time. He get a full hour with mom, where he gets to choose what we do, today we read a lot of books, and he choose to do a reading lesson. Then it is Bizy turn at 10:00, again she gets to choose what we do durring her hour, today it was two reading lessons, she needs to keep ahead of her little brother, and some math. She also choose to read a story about taking turns, which is SO appliciable to her!!! then from 11:00-12:00 is Buddy's turn. While I worked with the other kids he did things that did not need my help with, such as math, reading and writting his summary, and his handwritting exercises. Then durring our hour we worked on Grammar, Piano, Spelling, and his choice topic of the day, which currently is cartooning.

then after lunch and clean up is free learning time, basically it is still "school time" but they can do whatever they want to, play games, color, draw, write stories, whatever. that goes until 3:00 then school is over and they are free to go play. This schedule worked SO well today, I am excited to see it play out on a regular basis!!!

As far as my business goes, well I am two active team members away from my car YAY!!! I know I can do it! I will earn my car this month I am SO excited!!!!

Dance like no one is watching!!
Olivia