Bring on SUMMER!!!!

I decided I better start this blog up again. We are wrapping up our school year and getting ready for some fun summer activities.

This last school year was a frustrating one for us.  We took J in for psych testing and I feel certain that ADHD is what he has.  (Even though she can't give him an official diagnosis without a second environment.)  We ruled out any type of autism spectrum disorder.  The psychologist is kind of baffled over his speech and other delays.  She suggested I put him in public school, and I had planned to do so, but every time I looked into registering him I just felt uneasy about it.  So, after praying about it, I decided to continue homeschooling him and we will most likely do some sort of in home therapy for him.  I did a lot of research into ways to make our year more successful and less stressful than last year. Especially since L will be starting this year as well.  I think I have a pretty good game plan and can't wait to see how it works out.  I will post pictures of my planned set up when we start in a couple of months.

As for our summer activities, we decided to try out some nature studies.  We started a butterfly garden and put up a bird house and feeder.  We plan to add things throughout the summer.  We will order tad poles this fall and add frog habitats to our window wells next spring.  We got a late start hanging up our bird house, so I don't anticipate it getting used this year, but that's okay, because we have a cute swallow's nest above our front door with 4 tiny little eggs.  So far we haven't had to many issues with them.  They rarely swoop us.  I'm not a fan of the poop everywhere, but it will be worth it to watch the life cycle of these birds.

I'm most excited about our butterfly garden.  We planted mint and some other herbs. L picked out some flowers and flower seeds and I ordered some wildflower seeds.  It's been fun to watch the seeds sprouting and the kids are having fun taking care of the garden.  If you are interested in starting a butterfly garden, here is a website where you can order free milkweed.   Milkweed is the Monarch host plant.  I will post pictures of our garden soon.

I also splurged a little and decided to do Little Passports.  I am trying it on a monthly basis in case I don't like it.  But it looks really fun, and it will give us something fun to do on days that are too hot to go outside.


Anyone else have some fun summer learning planned???