Smooth Sailing (so far)

Well friends, we've been at our schooling now for a few weeks, and I'm very happy with the pace and the content of the subjects the kids are taking. They have a good grasp on everything so far and these are the days I think every homeschooler finds blissful.
My main concern if I were to go out LOOKING for trouble, would be that I'm not to awfully sure that Ian is getting challenged enough with his curriculum. I'm thinking of adding to his daily workload. But its a fine balance with this kid of mine. To much and he gets discouraged and cranky. Not enough and he's bored and a trial to me.
I have resorted to bribery with him (as in an earlier post I mentioned I had to bribe Suzy to learn her multiplication tables). So here we are plugging away at the monotonous facts. Our deal was if he learns them by heart in random order he can have a wii for a Christmas present.
We are probably one of the few families who don't already own one. Mainly because I don't want my kids to be so crazed that nothing else is done around the house including school work to proper satisfaction. I'm thinking I'll probably institute a time policy like I do with the computer time. The kids get an hour each day for computer fun but only on pre-approved websites.
So far, that has been ideal. Well, there's my update. Hope everyone else is having as much success so far this year!

First day of school

Ahh...well here we are. The long summer days are getting shorter and it's the appointed day and time. School!! The first day is always the most exciting no matter if you are public schooled or homeschooled. There is just something about getting back into the routine and discipline that evokes importance.
I've mentioned in an earlier post what subjects the kids are going to be covering this year. The only thing I don't particularly like about the first few days of school are the low page numbers...lol. All of this review! Whole numbers, nouns, verbs, capitalization, number values placements...blah! Give me the good stuff!!! lol Of course, the kids like it so they can get their feet wet and not have anything to complicated to think about.
All in all, they had a wonderful summer. They are both still so tan! lol I'm jealous, since I'm so fair skinned I never tan. I burn, peel, and go back to ghost white again!
Well, here's to a wonderful, happy school year!