Horse Camp

The 2 girls started their week of full days summer camp yesterday. (Do you see me jumping up and down?) hahaha Oh my. Anyway, they are having so much fun. Katie said she was on the biggest horse, Not a draft horse but close enough. I'm still trying to figure out how she got her legs around. ~lol~ The horse is huge.

I told the girls that I wish I could send them there more days than their regular lessons and Ana said, "But Mom, we won't have enough time to spend with you." She is worried she won't see me. She sees me all the time; from the time they open their eyes to the time they close their eyes. You would think they would love to get away from me. But no, they want me around.

On Saturday, we found out that one of the horse passed away. He got sick and they had to make "the decision." He was Katie's instructor's horse. ...beautiful... He will be missed so much. Katie had the chance to ride him last Wednesday. She was in heaven. Seriously; when she was done her lesson, she was happy, excited, I just can't explain it. I saw a difference in her. When she found out that he died (we told her Sunday after church), she was a mess. She cried off and on during the day, hugged me a lot and her day was just "off." She couldn't relax. She seems ok now.

Katie and Ana love being at the barn. It is a special place for them. The young women in charge of the barn, instructors, etc. are wonderful with all the kids. Many have disabililties and yet they are smiling and having a bundle of fun. I am so thankful for the girls to be able to be there.

Ok, so what do I do with my self while the girls are not here? I'm going to clean out my refrigerators. Isn't that thrilling? ~smile~ Seriously though, they are a mess. They are slowly dying and they are freezing the food/milk that sits on the top shelves. Here's praying that they last until we can get a new one...with cash. We were looking at the biggest one. Wow, would that be nice.

Have a good day.
~Margarete~

P.S. I'm slowly getting those notebooking pages for 'Milestones in Science done. I've been doing some every day. After that I think I will make some for other books I have. That will be done slowly considering school is starting soon. We had one day of school so far. ~LOL~

Quick Post

I am so excited for this new school year! I just put in a few orders for school books etc. My kids (and myself) are going to be excited when the UPS man gets here. ~smile~

I also started changing my blog sidebars with the new subjects. Tom will be doing a lot of experiments this year and so will Katie and Ana. They needed a change. This will keep their attention better.

I'm also excited for Story of the World. I bought Jim Weiss audio cd's for the girls! They are starting to want to listen to stories at night so this will be great.

I do have some more things to get but I will be ordering them in a few weeks. I have to "save" some from my grocery money. ~LOL~ That's ok. It will benefit all of us.

I had decided not to use the Apologia Human Body for Becca. Apologia seems a little boring and she really didn't like the courses that she already took. (I wish I could go back and change it). The books and dvd's that I ordered will be better for her. ~This is her last year~

I can't wait to see the Artists and Composers activity paks from Homeschoolinthewoods.com . These look awesome! I'm wondering if Katie and Ana could do some of these? We will see....

Becca will be doing crafts for art so we will be visiting Michaels and AC Moore quite a bit.

The 2 girls are doing great with their therapeutic horse riding lessons. Ana cried last night because she found out that the horse she had started with, was going out to pasture. She doesn't quite understand that he is old and needs to relax. I tried to explain to her that, just like us when we get old, we need to relax. She'll be ok. I'm sure she will find another special horse.

We were blessed with a PA Autism Grant for Katie's lessons. We were so excited when we received the letter.

(Just a little note: The girl's "trainers" are excellent at what they do and they are very nice and enjoyable to be around.)

This week I ordered a weighted (twin) blanket for Katie. We ordered from Dream Catchers www.weightedblankets.net (Thanks Mom & Dad). I will let you know how Katie adjusts with it. I'm thinking we may get it by the end of next week.

Thomas isn't so thrilled. I have him going back to learning Latin. ~smile~ I hear/heard good things about First Form Latin, so we will be giving this a good try. I think I will sit with him to learn this "if" I have the chance to.

We are so excited with becoming grandparents. What a gift from God! Our grandson is so beautiful. We have been seeing pictures and it's amazing to see him with his eyes wide open. We also see his Daddy in his face and also his Uncle Tom. We are hoping to go down again real soon. (not soon enough for me)

Well, Time to move on with other things.
Have a good night.
~Margarete~