Actual Conversation

I was at Hobby Lobby with JD yesterday. We were in line waiting to check out, and a friend of his from church and his parents were behind us in line. The conversation between the two 4 year old boys went as follows:

Tate: "Hey JD"
JD: "Hey Tate"
Tate: "So how ya been doin these days?"
JD: "Good"
JD "So, have you been watching the Olympics?"
Tate: "No, I haven't"
JD: "Well, you should, Michael Phelps is the Coolest.."


I had to laugh. We have watched A LOT of the Olympics around here!

My First Crack at Homeschooling

Well, after much prayer, a lot of discussion and honestly a lot of reservation on my side, we have started the

homeschooling journey. We've decided to take it "year by year, and kid by kid" to see how it goes. This year, JD gets to be my guinea pig. ( Caleb is going to continue his speech delay classes M-W at a local school and Nater is not quite 2 so no school for him yet!)

Our reasoning for homeschooling (or at least giving it a shot), has a lot to do with Monty heading into the military chaplaincy. In a couple of years, we will Lord willing go active duty and then we will be at the whim of the Army as to where we live. Most often this means moving quite a bit. I think it will be difficult for them educationally if they are jumping around from school to school during their formative elementary years.

JD technically would not start Kindergarten until next year in the Public School system. So, we thought this would be a great "dry run" year. If I find that I can't handle it, or absolutely hate it, we can move on and try something else. At least this year I'm willing to give it a shot.

I've started Kindergarten curriculum with JD this week. I have honestly been very surprised how much we both like it. I'm not a real "crafty" person. So, the whole idea of breaking out scissors, paint and glue was not exactly my idea of a fun way to spend the morning. I have really enjoyed it so far. We've had a lot of good time together, and it's been a lot of fun.

A time to Clean..and a time to make a mess

This is how the Johnson boys make cookies....