It’s been forever, again, since I did a Homeschool Weekly Wrap-Up post.
I know. I know. And since I can’t think of anything else to write about, you get it this week. 
Spring is here!
Finally! Not spring BREAK yet, but spring. You know, where the sun shines and when you go outside you can’t see your breath and grass isn’t white in the morning? That Spring.
It’s not what I would call warm, but it will do. And the kids are happy too, because now they can ride their bikes again without dressing like abominal snowmen.
School was pretty relaxed this week. Maybe it had to do with the fact that I was a single mom from Sunday morning on. I had to work Sunday night, so the boys were at their grandparents’. We didn’t get home until 11:30pm, so everyone slept in. And I mean everyone. I got up around 9. The boys slept until around 10, when I dragged them out of bed. Even so, school didn’t start until around 11.
It was a slow day that turned into a slow week. That’s okay, because we are gearing down for our spring break. One month off!!
This week was all about the light duty school work. Well, sort of. They did their computer work every day (Teaching Textbooks Math, Spelling City, and Xtra Math). We also got in one day of freewriting, and one day of copywork. Well, D2 got the copywork done.
D1 has been having a high sensory week and is having trouble staying focused with all the sunshine (even with the shades pulled), and the new batteries that were sitting on the counter were calling his name.
They were saying things like, “D1, go get Dad’s multimeter and see how much of a charge we have. Go get half of your electronics kit and start working on that because your math really isn’t important…” Or something like that. He’s been very difficult to keep pinned to a chair this week.
Math is an area of concern for me right now.
I don’t know what it is about spring, but it’s when I start doing all the serious curriculum evaluation. What I’m seeing is that TT is really lacking, and with my 12yo’s difficulties this concerns me even more. He’s already at a disadvantage, and I know he is way further behind than he should be, due to this math program. And I don’t know what to do about it. So goes the math curriculum search for me again. Ugh.
Our freewriting time is definitely producing fruit!
We actually had a little chat about that this week, because I am seeing that they are bored with trying to cheat the time. They’re actually writing words, and sentences! Amazing. And very cool. Still I don’t think either has something worth reading but I’ll take any progress that I can get right now. For me, it’s been VERY productive. In fact, I took my freewrite from this week, put it up as a post the other day, and entered it in a writing contest of sorts called Yeah, Write! I didn’t win, but I made the Top 10! Check out Faces and Change.
Besides the school work, we’re also starting in on the annual spring yard clean up.
I know the boys are thrilled! Okay maybe thrilled is too strong a word. Maybe there is no word for how they feel. Hehe. This weekend will include picking up trash and dog poop, as well as cleaning out and weeding my strawberry bed.
Next week is Spring break.
So is the week after that! And the one after that! AND the one after THAT! The rest of the to-do list for spring break goes something like this:
1. Weed all the planting areas and remove dead or useless plants.
2. De-Crapify the house. Oh yes, once again. The month of April is going to be VERY productive for us!
3. Start some seeds. Not sure what yet.
4. Gather useless STUFF for either a yard sale, a big donation pickup, or both.
5. Don’t think about homeschooling.
6. Pack for Hawaii. (Did I forget to mention that?) 
Have a great weekend!
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