We started our home school year six weeks ago. Ty and Kyle are in second grade and kindergarten, respectively. Actually, Kyle is finishing up kindergarten and started doing first grade math and reading. We have a schedule to follow, and we stick to it 99% of the time.
Taylor is speaking so much clearer these days. She home schools a little bit in the morning only because she wants to. She only does “Journal,” after the Pledge of Allegiance. Lately, she’s been drawing the Everglades. One morning, the Everglades are green, and we’re pencil colored. The next morning, the Everglades are pink, and we are circles of orange. After 15 minutes of Journal, she gets up and plays with the babies.
And we’ve been to the Everglades four times since the first. Every time is a new experience, and we learn something about our family’s logistics. The last time we were there was last Tuesday. We didn’t go on our regular trail. Instead, we packed a lunch and hiked up a trail in the pinelands. There was a point where we couldn’t see the main road, and we were surrounded by trees and rocks and saw palmetto (which is a short palm with fronds like a saw’s teeth). In our weatherproof boots, we just walked right through the stagnant water.
Talon and Kendall are being busy, growing, learning, babbling, and screaming. Talon… did I mention that she’s walking? Kendall, too. I don’t know the exact dates, but I can look them up. Kendall was about ten months old, and Talon was 13 months. Talon likes to call for Kendall. It’s a sing-songy sort of call. She’s not clear in her consonants, but we can all tell that it’s Kendall she’s calling for because those two are, well, two peas in a pod! And Kendall walks backward. She’s so weird. She doesn’t do it all the time, but she does it enough to be labeled “weird.” She has a good time with it. Her hair is long and black, covers her eyes. Talon’s is coming in light brown and curly. CURLY! I have a daughter who’ll have curls! *sigh*
Ty and Kyle have lost teeth in the past few months. The Tooth Fairy brings toys. Can you imagine how broke she’ll be after five children? She brought them some knights, one for each tooth. Ty is the funniest-looking. His two front teeth are all gone. We’ll definitely post some pictures so y’all can see his goofy smile. He and Kyle are like twins themselves.
