Wow, I can't believe that my kids are getting so big.... and have so many questions. We have goats know, 4 does and a buck, and have had chickens for a while now both hens and a rooster... My kids have a limited understanding of why you need both kinds but I know that they need to know more. And I very much desire them to have a biblical understanding of why God made them who they are and what they are. About a year ago I was researching books on the touchy subjects of purity, god's desires for our bodies and his design for sex. I have found a few that I have ordered and should get in a few days. I will blog about it after we get the chance to read through them both as the parents, and then when we read them with our kids. There is one book I ordered for my eldest boy, "Facing the Facts: The Truth About Sex and You" its a Focus on the Family recommended book for pre-teens and teens. I also got a devotional book "His Mighty Warrior: A Treasure Map from Your King" for us to read through with both of the boys. For the girls I found a few I was interested in. First I found "His Little Princess: Treasured Letters from Your King (His Princess)" which is a devotional book that I can read through with the girls together. And then I found something aimed more at Charity Ann's age, but may read it to both as well "Princess & the Kiss: A Story of God's Gift of Purity," there is a devotional that goes along with that as well. I may save a few of them for Christmas Presents to them, but really see the need to get started on a few of them.
This year we are also going to begin studying Zoology using Apologia's Zoology Curriculum. We have another student that is going to join us once a week or so to do the experiments and lab stuff. It's going to be great! We also decided to use Rod and Staff for our Core Subjects of English, Reading, Spelling, some History, Bible Study, Math for Cayleb and Charity Ann and Penmanship for Noah and Charity Ann. I also got their "Art Packs" for each of them, which have a study designed to teach them beginning art skills like grid drawing, shading, working with different mediums etc. The kids are very excited about those as well!
With all these new books that God has blessed us with, we are sure to have LOTS to talk about this coming year. And I really am feeling so positive that we are not missing anything. Last year, I know that they kids were learning, and they were interested but just felt like there were holes in what we were doing. Now I feel much more certain that we are covering all the basics and the rest will just fall into line. We are taking fewer classes at Home Connections this semester, I have it whittled down to one-single-half day! From 12:30-4:15!! WOW. I have never had that small of a class load outside of our work here. The boys will also be continuing their music lessons, and all of us are indulging in Karate twice a week.
Speaking of Karate, I LOVE it. I have been having so much fun working on my Kata's and skills. I am a 2nd Degree Green Belt now, and will potentially be testing for Brown the end of September. We'll see if I can get everything mastered for it by then.
The goats are doing great. We have little man "Humphrey" who is beginning to feel his oats and is finding the girls to be quite pretty. I am hoping that he will be "ready" this Fall, so that we will have some cute little Humphrey babies this Spring. I need to take some pictures and post them on the Farm Site on Face Book. It's raining today, so prolly tomorrow, K.
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