Weekly update!

Hello all! We made it through our first week of YMCA co-op and it was a blast. I had to make adjustments to our Tuesday-Thursday school schedule for the co-op but all turned out well.

In school we started our new unit on the moon. We decorated our lapbooks, and did our first activity, vocabulary. We also began our Tennessee unit for history. It all has started slow but I hope to pick it up next week.

The YMCA program has been a God send. The kids love the activities and the group of kids are great. TT and Poogie have been welcomed into the fold and have really enjoyed it.

Poogie gave me the greatest surprise of the week. She had become a good swimmer in our little 4 foot pool we had at home last summer, but she wasn't too keen on deep water in other pools. I was happy the Y offered a swim class for both of my kids (TT can't swim very well either). The teacher they have is wonderful and Poogie loves him. Well, anywho I am sitting in the pool area watching her swim and the next thing I know she is lined up with some of the other kids who had been there before and were pretty good swimmers, to jump off into the 10 ft deep end and swim one-third of the pool to a fun noodle. I never thought Poogie would do it. Low and behold she did! And did it well. She jumped in and swam like nobody's business. Her teacher was there to assist if needed but never had to touch her. I was proud, scared and overwhelmed all at the same time.

TT has also surprised me. He is usually very shy and takes forever to really find a friend or someone to hang with. But not with this group. He is right in there and has become part of the group quite quickly.

I believe this lack of shyness has come about due to the return of his self-confidence. He tends to talk more in public to others and to people of many different age groups. I believe homeschooling has allowed him to become comfortable and confident in conversing with people of all ages, not just those of his age group like he would in school.

One more thing that was nice about this week was the lack of conflict and attitude amongst the children. Now, don't get me wrong I know that homeschoolers are not perfect, yet I must say that they tend to be less confrontational and more open to accepting others. We have tried several activities with ps kids and it has all ended badly thus far.

After a long park day today I am in need of a lot of rest and time to regroup for next week. No co-op due to spring break, we however will continue with our studies. Until later.