worksheet adventures.

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  xander actually WANTED to do his worksheets today.  AND.  he traced the number "1" all. by. himself. 

that may not sound like much to you, but considering that yesterday we had a worksheet meltdown that came perilously close to not ending well, i'd say that's pretty dern awesome.

so.  updates.  we finished up the seven wonders of the ancient world on saturday!  beau did AWESOME.  he totally remembered all the names and locations of the seven wonders when we did our little "quiz" at the end of the section.  i was sooper proud. 

in science, we're going through the different states of matter.  hopefully we can finish up this week's science quickly so we'll be finishing our science units at the same time as we finish our history units (a gal can dream, can't she?).  it would just make the lesson plans look SO much neater. 

i know.  i caught the organization bug from rachel.  i'm going to unschooler heck.  go ahead and say it.  but really, i like this so much better even though i SWORE TO MYSELF I'D NEVER DO IT THIS WAY. 

the reason i like it better, you may ask?

it's so embarrassing for me to admit this, but this way, it actually LOOKS like we're doing something besides watching spongebob all day.  i have WRITTEN PROOF.  and GRADES.  *gasp*

 myeh.  it's kind of cool.  it doesn't take oodles of time yet.  i'm hoping it sticks, cause it sure makes hubby happy.  you know the old axiom "if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy?"  well, it's the reverse in our house.  if daddy ain't happy, you all had better run and hide until he's out of his funk.  because it's. going. to. get. ugly.

i joke.  but really, it's SO much smoother when he's on my side with this whole homeschooling thing.  and i agree with him that it's easier for him to defend it when he has more to say than "well, the kid can read," when people ask him how beau is doing in school.  and now he's got to answer all those same question with xander thrown into the mix.  so yeah, it makes it easier on him.  and for me as well, when i really think about it.  i don't look so disorganized and out of control like i am in every other aspect of my life like i did before. 

plus, i LOVE my little folder system.  rachel is right, everything goes TONS quicker when mom doesn't have to run around trying to gather materials and print copies of worksheets at the last second.  because everything is planned out for at LEAST a week in advance (for now at least), all i have to do is pull it out and we're ready to go. 

i still can't get over xander's positive attitude this afternoon with the worksheets.  he called it his "homework."  i know there are going to be bad days and there are going to be good days, but today i'm going to sit back and just be uber happy that today was a good day.  that's all i need.