busy day!

today was my first day of class on campus this summer, and i honestly didn't expect to get much done at home, what with the general craziness of a new schedule.  i prepared to chalk today up to be one of those homeschool skip days.

but.  i got home from school and found that all i had to do was *mention* lessonpathways and beau was in.

so, we finished up the king tut unit, which turned out to be extremely interesting.  we shied around the mummies, since beau didn't really want to go there (he doesn't like to think about death in general), but we learned about the nile river and we even found a transformers reference when we started talking about pyramids!  planning to watch that movie later so we can talk about the different kinds of pyramids they show in the movie.  (i didn't know there were different kinds and that the step pyramids predate the smoother ones!  i'm learning, too!)

then he worked on a handwriting worksheet for a little while, and already we're seeing a huge improvement.  i suppose we have to give credit to all those fine motor skills it takes to play video games...beau is better at video games than most adults i know!  i don't object as long as they're age-appropriate or lego-based because the ones we have foster problem-solving skills and critical thinking. 

i'm going to order a handwriting without tears workbook; we downloaded a few sample pages and it was really fun to watch beau's reaction go from, "but mommm, i don't *want* to do worksheets!" to "hey, this is pretty fun!"

and that is why we homeschool.  'cause i get to see those moments.  and i wouldn't trade that for quiet midmornings, uninterrupted showers, or even an afternoon spent reading a good book.  how is any of that worth missing my son's big ah-ha moments?