My first post.

I have been inspired by other bloggers and I am excited about sharing my own thoughts. I do not expect others to be awed by my knowledge, or wowed my writing abilities...you won't. I do however pray that you will be moved by my heart! I will share my stories, the pictures of my day, the thoughts I have and the many fears that plaque me. As I fight my fight- daily, I hope you will see me grow and will help keep me accountable!

I am a homeschooler. That in itself is one of the most complete sentences I will ever offer you! I believe that says so much about me. If you are a fellow homeschooler than you probably understand what I mean. This sentence is a symbol of who I am, my beliefs, my standards, my dreams, my nightmares(lol), my world for the most part (at least the next 18 years anyway). I am a homeschooler.

I am a mom or three beautiful children: Kaitlin is 8 almost 9. She is extremely unique, she loves bugs, history, interesting facts, crafts, drawing and countless other things. She is currently working on a wide range of school work and placing her in a "grade" level is hard. We always struggle with the question, "Now what grade are you in?" I always answer with some nonsensical answer and we move on, I really must come up with a standard answer because the question plagues me everywhere I go! Kaitlin is going to start in a homeschool girl scout troop this year and we are very excited! I really am, I thought long and hard about the decision and ultimately decided whatever harm it could bring would not outweight the good and we would put forth our very best effort! I do not like quitting so signing up was a definite year long commitment! We are doing AWANAS again for the second year. The kids really enjoyed doing it last year and I am really happy with the program so we will continue. We are attending another church currently and had to decide between AWANAS on Wed night at the other church or participating in our new churches Wed night activitiy. AWANAS won out. I am impatiently waiting the sign up because I want all my activities to coincide with a starting date so everything is scheduled and we get into the groove of things right off the bat, but of course all the different coordinators of all the different activities did not consult with me! Oh well I guess I will call it "phasing in" like in the Trivium Academy blog!
second child: Matt. He just turned 7, he is the only boy and middle child! HMMM... probably doesnt line up well in the birth order book!!! I being a middle child can honestly tell you that middle child syndrome is not a made up syndrome! Anyway I feel for him!!! Matt loves swords, daggers, arrows, sharp things, point things, razor sharp things, lances, jousting sticks, anything sharp... catch my drift. I am constantly telling him when we are in places that simulated sword fights are not apporiate to stop! Constantly! He just lost his first tooth. He came down the stairs and said it fell out while he was playing Lego's! Moving on to Matt's second love: Lego's! He is definetely not into sports, we have tried! We are probably starting karate again, at least it is something physical. Matt is extremely thoughtful most of the time. He is a cuddler but not a mama's boy. He is all boy and I love it!

third child: Emily is four. Wow I think that is another complete sentence! She is four, that says a lot! She is sweet and whiney, she is kind and mean, she is a big girl and a baby, she is smart and cant do things for herself, she is four!!!! She loves moving, bouncing, spinning, jumping andy physical activity! I literally have a small trampoline the house for all her bouncing and flipping! Yes she is in gymnastics, we have taken a break for a few weeks, but are ready to start up again for the Fall session! She is proudly sounding things out, "Mom, I need some chocolate milk. You know "cha-cha" chocolate milk!" As though I can not sound out chocolate milk! Emily loves her AWANA cubbies class, she cant wait for it to begin again! She will be "tagging" along with Daisy's in the homeschool girlscout troop. She is very stubborn and we are working on the big "A" word, in case you dont know that is attitude! She has discoverd lying! Obviously working on that too! She is very sweet and I love every bit of her!


Well I guess that is all for my first post. You have met two thirds of my family and the best parts of my husband and I.

Signing off,
Carrie in Texas