A Heartwarming Movie...

For those of you who have a little girl and have not seen the American Girl movie Kit Kitteridge, you need to see it. I bought it for Poogie today. She got her feelings hurt quite badly and I was trying to cheer her up. That is a story for another day.

Anywho, we watch the movie tonight and it was surprisingly wonderful. We had seen other American Girl movies and loved them, but this one was so heartwarming. Even TT watched and really liked it. It was the first movie my kids had watched that focused on the Great Depression, which was really interesting to them. TT found a lot of similarities between the plight of people during that time and what is happening on the news today. Smart kid.

Poogie doesn't have Kit, she has Julie for her American Girl doll, but I fell in love with Kit tonight and I think Poogie did too.

It's Cold!!

Oh my goodness, it is cold outside! I love the winter months, but I would have liked to have a little bit more fall. It got down in the upper 30's here last night, and we have a freeze warning for tonight. I had to cover all my mums.

It was quite cool last weekend too. TT woke up in the early morning hours Friday with a terrible ear ache. Of course it was just a few short days after my hubby left his good paying job with okay insurance, thus no insurance. So we treated it with home remedies. I think he had water built up in it from swimming at the Y, because when I added some swimmers ear drops it started to clear up. It still hurts a little, but it is much better. I think we may skip the Y tomorrow, no swimming.

I'm all for skipping tomorrow. I have way to much to do here. We have been working through all our lessons quite well. We are focusing more on history right now and less on science, but we will get back to it next month. I hope to post some pics of cute activities I have planned for this week leading up to Halloween.

And they say homeschool kids aren't socialized...

Since we began homeschooling we have only be faced with the dreaded socialization question a few times. And those times were when we first began homeschooling and did not have many social functions.

Now fast forward a year and a half later. We are part of a good size co-op and have found a great group of homeschool friends. Add to that the friends my dd makes at dance class and friends from her year at ps and you have a lot of invites to answer.

For the last month we have had so many social engagements that we have had to be selective and choose just a few so that we can find time to stay home and do things like school and house work.

This past summer was even busy with parties, play dates and invites. My kids have never spent so much time with other kids as they do now. The time they spend now is spent in actual interaction, not just a few minutes a day in line, on a playground or at lunch.

I love that I know the kids and the parents of the kids they are spending time with. The kids come from varied backgrounds so I don't worry about them being just around kids " just like them". They have come to appreciate peoples differences and accept others for who they are.

So I guess what I am trying to say is that for those who think homeschoolers are socialized think again.