<Sigh> Well, it’s clear that I’m still not into blogging regularly. But I hadn’t planned on going this long between entries! Wow.

Anyway, R is about halfway through the Calvert Kindergarten program. Doing well and enjoying it. K turned 3 in November and likes to color (her school) while R and I work on R’s lessons. Last fall we attended several fun co-op classes given by various people in Common Ground Homeschoolers. And R joined a homeschoolers Girl Scout troop as a Daisy!

With the coming of the new year, I’ve been bitten with the declutter bug – and it seems to be going around according to another homeschooler’s blog that I try to keep up with. So far, I’ve partially cleared and rearranged the cabinets holding assorted sheets and towels (and other sundry things), and have mostly cleared one bathroom under-sink cabinet. Not much, but a good start. We still have many baby things floating around, too, that really need to find a new home…K’s definitely done with them! So, that’s my big project for the first few months of this year, at least.

I’ve also recently read The Well-Educated Mind (Susan Wise Bauer) and  The Well-Trained Mind (Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise) and am very impressed with this classical (trivium) approach to education. So, I’m reviewing and revamping our homeschool approach to take advantage of the things I really like from these books. The Calvert curriculum is very good, but I think we can do even better following the classical approach as described in the books. So, in addition to continuing to “do school” with R and decluttering the house (2 stories and a basement!), I’m researching prices of various curricula items to start R on the classical approach when she reaches the 1st grade level.

Whew!