After 3 days, we are finally figuring out a semblance of a routine. Our days start bright and early and the girls are sitting at their desks/tables doing lessons at 8:30 am. The neat thing about the curriculum/program we chose is that everything is laid out for us. The bad thing is that nothing has arrived yet! Talk about flying solo/in the dark. While alot of the stuff is available online, navigating without the workbooks or text books has been "fun" to say the least! Hurry up and arrive curriculum!
D and E are doing amazingly well adjusting to the change in their routine. B and C are loving being home and doing what they are calling "home school" and mommy and daddy are keeping our heads above water for the time being!
Thanks for all the prayers and support.
Dawn
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Starting a New Adventure
It's been so long since I've posted on our blog that I felt guilty even posting there. We are starting a new Adventure, so I felt it was only fitting that we start our new adventure with a Fresh Start!
After alot of thought, deliberation and Prayer.... We decided that we wanted, actually needed to try something new with the Girls and their Education. We did alot of research, we compared alot of programs. We even did quite a bit of worrying. Let me tell you, when God tells you to move, he means MOVE!
Shortly after Ashley started her second semester of College, which she is doing amazingly well at. Shortly after Eden had her surgery for the T & A after her diagnosis of PFAPA (an explanation for another post). We felt called to change up the girls schooling. We felt that at this time, we needed to pull the girls out of their traditional schooling and enroll them in an online Charter School.
Don't misunderstand, we did not have an issue with the girls teachers. We weren't unhappy with the people they were in trusted to. We simply felt that God was putting situations in front of us that showed us that this was the way he wanted us to take the girls and their education. There were many reasons that we felt lead this way, but bottom line was that we wanted to enable the girls to have their childhood back. We wanted the evenings to be free to do clubs, sports, and be kids. We wanted more input and more teamwork when it came to teaching the girls and what they would be learning. We wanted to listen to God and do what he asked us to do.
Last Wednesday was their last day at HM. It was sad, it was scary, and it was liberating. Last Thursday was their first day at OCA. It was exciting, it was scary, and it was liberating. We have never been so afraid since we brought them home from the hospital. Thursday was rough (their supplies and books haven't arrived yet). Friday was "easier", we were learning, we were figuring out what we needed to do.
Tomorrow starts the first day of the rest of their lives. Tomorrow we start in earnest. The girls are excited, we are excited, and for the first time in years... I am not dreading having to send them to school tomorrow. I am excited to get up early (yes, me... an "NOT" morning person).... and fix them breakfast and start their day!
Pray for us, pray with us, and by all means message us if you have any tips to make this transition easier, or advice for setting up our days!
Love and Prayers,
Dawn
Mom to 5 beautiful Girls!
After alot of thought, deliberation and Prayer.... We decided that we wanted, actually needed to try something new with the Girls and their Education. We did alot of research, we compared alot of programs. We even did quite a bit of worrying. Let me tell you, when God tells you to move, he means MOVE!
Shortly after Ashley started her second semester of College, which she is doing amazingly well at. Shortly after Eden had her surgery for the T & A after her diagnosis of PFAPA (an explanation for another post). We felt called to change up the girls schooling. We felt that at this time, we needed to pull the girls out of their traditional schooling and enroll them in an online Charter School.
Don't misunderstand, we did not have an issue with the girls teachers. We weren't unhappy with the people they were in trusted to. We simply felt that God was putting situations in front of us that showed us that this was the way he wanted us to take the girls and their education. There were many reasons that we felt lead this way, but bottom line was that we wanted to enable the girls to have their childhood back. We wanted the evenings to be free to do clubs, sports, and be kids. We wanted more input and more teamwork when it came to teaching the girls and what they would be learning. We wanted to listen to God and do what he asked us to do.
Last Wednesday was their last day at HM. It was sad, it was scary, and it was liberating. Last Thursday was their first day at OCA. It was exciting, it was scary, and it was liberating. We have never been so afraid since we brought them home from the hospital. Thursday was rough (their supplies and books haven't arrived yet). Friday was "easier", we were learning, we were figuring out what we needed to do.
Tomorrow starts the first day of the rest of their lives. Tomorrow we start in earnest. The girls are excited, we are excited, and for the first time in years... I am not dreading having to send them to school tomorrow. I am excited to get up early (yes, me... an "NOT" morning person).... and fix them breakfast and start their day!
Pray for us, pray with us, and by all means message us if you have any tips to make this transition easier, or advice for setting up our days!
Love and Prayers,
Dawn
Mom to 5 beautiful Girls!
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