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so.  i just did a really nerdy thing that will hopefully help me out A LOT over the next six months.

i made a spreadsheet with the week numbers at the top, starting right now and continuing until the end of the first grade (which will end sometime at the end of june, if all goes well).  in the first column, going down the left-hand side, i put the names of the subjects we go over, plus the ones i hope to add this semester.

and then.  i went through the long.  and tedious.  process of typing in the lessons we would cover over the course of that week.  THROUGH TWENTY FIVE WEEKS.  AND EIGHT SUBJECTS. 

it took a while.

but now i can look at my pretty spreadsheet and know exactly what we'll be covering in week [insert number here] in any given subject. 

it's pretty cool.

now all that i have to do is plan the day-to-day stuffs in each subject for each of those weeks....oh dear GOD now my head is spinning. 

and the best part? 

i get to do this every. year.  for the next TWELVE. YEARS.  always assuming i have no more children, of course.

uhm.

help?

gasp!

yes, i'm blogging.  weird, i know.

christmas is coming!  i'm UBER excited.  i still believe in santa claus.  most def. 

something exciting happened this evening that got me blogging. 

i got to start thinking about ordering new books for this semester!  i'll probably be able to order the week after next...and here are the books i'm going to be purchasing:

for beau:
1 - math-u-see: alpha
2 - theory time: primer level
3 - discipleland: level one
4 - note reading for very young piano students (he MIGHT be a SMIDGE too old for this one, but we're going to give it a shot, and after all, i've got other children...)

for xander:
1 - HWT: letters and numbers for me
2 - math-u-see: primer workbook

for bella:
1 - HWT: get set for school

i MAY start bella in the math-u-see primer book this semester, too, but i really don't know.  i'm thinking i'm just going to buy her a kindergarten workbook when she finishes the preschool one and see how that goes for a while.  as for xander, i'm going to get a supplemental kindergarten workbook for him to work through this spring.  he'll be starting first grade this summer, more than likely.

i also want to start beau with a spanish curriculum i found...and it won't hurt the others to be exposed to it.

i'm starting to get excited again.  for the past month and a half, we've all been kind of sick of school, and totally avoiding doing worksheets at all costs.  or maybe it's just me.  but i feel like this break has done us (read: me) tons of good and we'll be ready to start back after the new year.