Saturday, 30 May 2009
I received our Disney photos yesterday!! Hopefully I'll have them on my computer soon so I can make a photo slideshow/video. Well, it may take a week or so since I've got loads of coursework.Only two more weeks until my Accounting and Intro to Finance courses are completed! I'm not doing as well as I would have liked but at this point I'm alright with anything as long as I don't have to re-take the courses.
I'm so tired of working night shift, but I do only work three days a week. If I went to day shift I'd probably have to work five days a week since it wouldn't be at the hospital. I'm a bit torn, though. I was going to pay my sister to watch Brooke for me and just take her out of daycare. I don't need to take her out of daycare but it would help me out a bit. My sister can't be trusted, though. I won't go into it but she's the type of person who wouldn't ask if you wanted the last slice of pizza, she'd just eat it. Alright perhaps that's a bad example, but she doesn't care for anyone else but herself.
For those of you who don't know, I plan on homeschooling Brooke. I've given it loads of thought and done loads of research and I feel like this is the best way to go. Brooke is such a quick learner, but I don't feel like she'd really learn much in school. Well, of course she'd learn something but statistics show 80% of time in school is spent waiting. It may not be something we stick with but that's why we're doing a trial run for this next school year.
I think that's it for now, but here's the VLOG I posted yesterday. It was the first time I've been able to have our sitting room to myself so I took the opportunity to vlog in a different location. :) <3
Labels: courses, daycare, disney photos, homeschool
Friday, 6 February 2009
Brooke began taking Gymnastics on Tuesday and then Jazz Dance on Thursday. The reason we got her started in Gymnastics was to get her moving. Of course, that makes it sound like she was lazy, which she was definitely not. Instead of just being active at home, I wanted to give her reason to move and hopefully allow her to keep her confidence as she grows older. She's got loads now and I would love for that to stay with her. Dance, we just happened upon. But watching her yesterday was so adorable and I don't care how much of my time it takes. I believe I've decided to homeschool her until she would start secondary school, which is also the reason I wanted to get her into several different things. Although the lessons are small, only about 3-4 in each one, she'll still get interaction with other children twice a week. I don't want to be one of those mum's that lives through their children, though. Or the ones who force their children to be the best...although I do think she should put some effort into it. But I'm not making her do it, I just want her to have fun.
Labels: Brooke, Dance, Gymnastics, homeschool