OK, so I'm going to try to get with the times and post things about our family so that others know what's going on with us here in The Buckeye State.
We're well on our way to finishing our first year of homeschooling and overall it has been a pretty amazing experience! I've learned a new patience that I never knew I had (not that it always shows) and the kids and I have really learned to appreciate each other more and have a good time together. The added bonus was that they learned a lot, too! Savannah can read know and is enjoying trying to read as high a level book as she can (much to the aggravation of her older brother). Chance has become an expert at multiple digit multiplication and division. If you ever need to know some history facts about Ancient Egypt, Greece, or Rome just ask Chance or Savannah - they'd love to share what they know. We've done everything from raise tadpoles which morphed into small frogs (which we still have, yipee!), grew lima beans into plants, and are currently watching caterpillars transform into painted lady butterflys! (Our first one made its chysalis last night!) It's been great and I truly have learned as much as the kids have.
Colton and Addison are two peas in a pod! We call them Peat and Repeat because whatever Colton does or says, Addison is right there to do the same! Colton loves to play with army men, race cars (or any type of cars for that matter) and is still way into dinosaurs and Scooby Doo. Addison loves to be read to and could sit for hours while you read the same books over and over again to her. She also loves to sing and you can usually hear her singing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", "I'm a Little Teapot", "The Itsy, Bitsy Spider", and half a dozen more. It's really sweet to hear.
Savannah just learned to ride her bike without training wheels this past weekend and already rides like a pro. She's decided to get a new and bigger bike for her birthday instead of her original request for an American Girl doll. We've been reading all of the books about each American Girl to see which one we like the best.
Chance had his piano recital a couple of weeks ago. He plays so well, that no one would ever guess he's only been taking lessons for less than a year. He had to have yet another tooth pulled last week as we get ourselves ready for years of braces. His tooth had roots at least 1/2 inch long! We have just finished re-reading Prince Caspian so that we can compare it to the movie when we get to go see it in a few weeks.
BJ is still trudging along through his Anesthesia program. He doesn't know how it feels to sleep past 4 am! We're hoping to find out soon what our next station will be, but have been told we may not find out until August and then will be moving in December.
We're all anxiously awaiting the arrival of our newest member of the family - a rottweiler puppy - which is supposed to be coming to us from Texas toward the end of next week. His name is Antares Prinz Maximus but we'll call him Maximus. He's a doll and the kids are absolutely extatic about getting him but are fretting a bit about who is going to clean up his accidents and how we go about doing that. Anyway, I know this has been a long post, but since it was the first I thought I would catch everyone up on the goings on at the Holmes Home.
