I can’t believe that I haven’t posted since the last carnival post!

Well, the new carnival is up at The Common Room. Drop in and check out what other homeschool bloggers are up to.

I just noticed that have to update my side bar because Baby Smurf just turned 3 yesterday! We are having a party this weekend with four of his little friends. This will be his first time having a bunch of same-aged friends over.

This week, we are trying to ease into the school routine with reading and art. I started with those two subjects because they can be passed off as fun and not work. I am hoping to rid them of their public school trauma and show them that all subjects can be fun and not work. We’ll see how that goes.

I have learned that in our house “school” is a dirty word. If I say, “Let’s do school,” the boys groan, or worse. But, if I say, “Let’s do a science experiment,” they are excited. I wonder how many other kids learn to dread that word after a bad experience at school.