Wow, it has been crazy busy around here and WAYYYY too long since I’ve updated.  Unfortunately right now it’s going to have to be fast because the baby will probably only give me a few minutes before he wants to play again

• We’ve decided to definitely do Classical Conversations (CC) for our homeschool group next year and I have decided to align our curriculum with what we’ll be learning there… well at least in history and science.  We’ll also be using the program they recommend for writing (Institute for Excellence in Writing).  It is a fabulous writing program that I fell in love with as soon as I truly learned what it was, plus when Nick adds in the Essentials classes next year (for grade 4-6, we decided starting both this year would be too much though) he will be using that program there.  By starting it this year at home it will be familiar and hopefully reduce the stress for him next year as writing is very stressful for him because of his SPD.  We also might be switching our math program to Saxon Math, but I can’t decide for sure.  Anyone used it??
• We (Happy Feet and I) went to a practicum for CC last week.  I got to meet some local homeschooling people that I had not met before.  Happy Feet got to play in the nursery with a whole bunch of teenagers, which he thought was pretty awesome.  I can’t tell you how many people came and told me how cute, sweet, and well behaved he was.  That was fun.  It was funny because he was about the only baby willing to stay in the nursery for very long.  Nick would never have gone in it at that age.  As it was Nick opted not to join us but to stay home with dad, but I was really glad in the end that he made that decision.  His "camp" would have been a lot of drawing and I don’t think he’d have held together well.
• Happy Feet is still here.  We are still riding the he will be staying forever / he will be going home roller coaster up and down at an alarming pace.  It seems to change daily.  We have hope that the next court date will be very important to the case, but it could very well just end up being 3 more months of the same.
• We are off school for the summer.  It’s a good thing we decided to take this summer off (usually we go year round) because we are NEVER home!
• Happy feet will have been here for half of his life at the end of the month… that’s a long time when put in that perspective.
• I’ve turned into one of those paranoid moms.  Foster care will do that to you.  Especially when your foster toddler is a bit of a daredevil.
• We are getting used to have a very boyish boy around here.  Nick was always super cautious and hated to get dirty (probably because of his SPD).  Happy Feet revels in playing in the dirt and the mud.  I have no doubt that if he sticks around he’ll be bringing bugs, snakes, and all other manners of critters home, not to mention trucking in a lot of dirt.  I LOVE IT!!  Truly I do.  It’s so much fun.
• I still want more foster kids, but this case has been so tumultuous, we might have to be very clear that we need a bit more clear cut case.  Either a child who is almost definitely going to go home and maybe whose family needs to build a support system (which we’d be thrilled to be) or a legal risk case (child who is close to having parental rights terminated).  I don’t know if I can do this craziness again.  I’m sure if we are supposed to, we will. 

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