Homeschool Memoirs 2008-2009

I was browsing the My Father's World Blogroll. For those of you who use MFW & would love the comaraderie and support of those using your curriculum, check out the link to the right with the MFW logo. It's a great group of women who are supportive and friendly. Anyhow, I came across Amy's blog. She's also using MFW ECC. She mentioned something about HSBA, and I thought I would check them out. I have just become more deeply acquainted with an online community of homeschoolers and it has been such a wonderful experience. I hope to "meet" more people and see how their hs'ing lives unfold. So, I thought I would join the wonderful Mama's at HSBA. Their first assignment is "All About You".

My name is Christina Quinata, although I am usually called by "Tina". :) I currently live in Westminster, Colorado. My husband is a member of the United States Army (hooo-ah!) :D, so we anticipate a move in the next year or so. I am a blessed mommy to two incredible munchkins, Cristian (7) and Isabella (4). We have homeschooled since C was in PreK-4. He's an active, curious child who has a hard time sitting still (as most boys do). He was having a hard time in his classroom, and about the same time God was definitely putting it on my heart to homeschool. At that time, I knew very little about it. I had not met anyone who homeschooled, except on the WWW. I knew, however, that this was God clearly telling Ron and I that we should take this path less taken for our son. We have been doing it ever since and I absolutely LOVE it. I think I've seen myself go from being an unsure, unsettled, frazzled mommy to one being more confident in the road God has paved for us. I'm still very much a work in progress. We will be homeschooling our daughter as well. This has met with some resistance from my family, but I think they are in a place now where they understand that this is best for US. So, we're going into C's third year and we're using the curricula to the left. It's great to find the right fit for him!!! I love seeing how far he's come and what he's learned academically. I look forward to doing the same with Isabella. :)

Just Rambling

Yesterday we had a curriculum browse with our homeschool group. It was good to be able to see in real life some of the programs I had been hearing about online. For example "Rod and Staff" grammar. Although we're not using it this year, I got to preview it and I think it will work for us.

For one of the first times I'm very settled in our curriculum. I don't feel like changing anything. Usually I get ancy and unsure at these browsings because something is just not fitting right. I think we have found what works for us. That makes me really happy.

Today we will be going to Tiny Town, Colorado. It should be lots of fun. It's in the mountains so it will be a tad cool. It's cool here now. I think we got a good rain last night. Again, another day without watering or the cooler. Yay!

We've been so off this week as far as scheduling. I think that's been the blessing of the blogroll. It kind of keeps you accountable, for those who need to be kept accountable, like myself. LOL. I was just checking out some of the blogs last night. I love to catch a glimpse into other families and "see" how they are using the program and what their school days look like. We'll be back to a more solid schedule next week as we have a pretty laid back week socially. We need to get back to our schedule, though, before it goes out the door.