I'm back....

LADS is still going strong although our blog was deleted by someone(not mentioning any names) but he deleted an email account that was linked to many web based things and our blog was one of the casualties.  I have decided that I enjoy blogging much more than my student.  Matthew does not like to share much about himself, but he would blog all day about his Yugi-oh cards or plans for his video game.  So, he continues to have a blog for those interests.
As many of you know, our theater company just finished its run of Tarzan The Stage Musical which turned out to be one of my favorite productions that we have put onstage.  Matthew was cast as Young Terk so he had a solo which required some effort to learn.  He loved the part and enjoyed the choreography.  But, more than that, he loved being with the friends who accept him for who he is.  That is why I love our theater company.  We have become a safe place for those kids who don't fit in with the crowd at school.  In our shows, these children can do what they love to do without fear of ridicule.  These boys who aren't jocks can sing and dance and for a few hours make people smile with their talents.   And, I will not hop off of my soap box and move on....
So, I have found that in year two and a half of home school, my expectations of myself have decreased a bit.  I don't stress if we don't get everything done that I had planned for the day.  In fact, I give myself plenty of time to cover subjects in the morning because after chorus, Matthew has robotics or works on something of his own choosing.  I am beginning a new math curriculum this year and it will hopefully relieve Dan's worries about us not being able to prepare Matthew adequately with math.  I also tend to use my "excited" voice when I try to get a concept across(at least that is what Dan says) so having this curriculum means less lecturing by me.  That does not hurt my feelings at all.   The other subjects that we are continuing this year are vocabulary, earth science, history and anything else that I decide to throw in the mix.  I have found some wonderful books this year that are the Horrible Science and Horrible History series.  I think these will be wonderful to use to supplement our units and the books are fun to read.  
I will consider this a good start for my blog and end this post.