When I was a kid, every Friday was the dreaded spelling test.  You know, when we were supposed to be learning the spelling words all week, but somehow ended up all freaked out on Friday because – EEK – it’s the spelling test!   The teacher would tell us to number our papers from 1-10, and then she’d [...]

We are moving right along this school year.  So far we haven’t had any long breaks, or major breakdowns! ha! )  Bailey is getting up every morning and starting his school and about 99% of the time, he does it without us asking.  That is a huge step for us.  We are struggling with helping [...]

This morning I was in making my coffee and I heard a squeal.  Not so much a squeal from being upset, nor one of sheer delight; more like a squeal from just amazement…….  After the hour long (every few minutes) of me prodding the boys to “start” something to do with school…. (Yes, even HS’ers [...]