I had planned on schooling through the summer, but somehow in those last 6 weeks of pregnancy I just couldn't find the energy. Now that G man is 6 weeks old we've started back up.

Last week Mister Blue (age 7) says to me, "I don't want to be in Cub Scouts. I'm shy, and I'm not good at anything." I was mortified. Here the son I've worked so hard on schooling thinks he's not good at anything. Ack! As a result, I've decided to take a slightly different tack this year than I'd originally planned.

I've had Miss Green (age 9) and Mister Blue doing the same math work for a year now. She's been slightly behind his understanding, but this year its switched and he's feeling lost. They both started Math U See Delta this year, but somehow he forgot everything he learned in Gamma. I'm letting her continue on in Delta and I've ordered Singapore Math 2 for him. I'm hoping to do a quick review through it and then start up again in Delta. In the meantime I bought Quarter Mile Math for him to review his multiplication facts. He's absolutely loving it and asks to do it several times a day.

We're also changing his spelling from Spelling Workout to SpellingTime.com. I'm hoping his self-confidence will improve with these changes, but I'm not going to hold my breath.