Well, I did it!

I taught my first ever workshop at our local homeschooling convention.  It was a little overwhelming, but it turned out good!  I think that people left encouraged and excited (maybe not all of them, but definitely some of them) and I mostly remembered not to talk too fast (which those of you who know me well, know is a struggle for me when I am in a regular conversation, never mind slightly nervous in front of a room of people).
I had so much fun, I would definitely do it again!

In other news, can you believe I hardly bought anything this year?  Not for lack of trying, I certainly spent enough time in the vendor hall, but maybe for lack of planning.  I don't want to buy stuff just for the sake of buying stuff - that part of my homeschool life is over! I haven't really decided what course of action to take with Ballerina's first year of high school (well kind of, here it is high school - in our previous province it would have still been Junior High.)  I guess I assume we will stay the course, so my resources can be better purchased elsewhere - even if that means I have to pay shipping.  As long as it is less in total I guess I don't care much where it comes from.

Strange place to be in actually, one in Kindergarten and one getting ready to be done in elementary!  I remember walking my sister to school when we were the same distance apart in age.  Difference being there was no one between us! (Weirder still is that when the baby is ready to start Kindergarten, Ballerina will be GRADUATING....I know, right??)

I played basketball in elementary school and I always remember my sister having to bring a bag of dry cereal with her to practice in the morning so we could walk together!  She wouldn't share it with anyone either, except one particular boy!  Haha, I am sure she doesn't remember that - but I do!  He was a nice guy, so that was all good.  As a matter of fact, him and I had known each other since we were younger than she was then! The other memory I have of her in Kindergarten and me in 8th Grade is that I got chosen to be the photographer's helper on picture day (bonus of having good grades) and I tried to get her to leave her cabbage patch doll out of the picture when her class came in, and she just wouldn't do it.  I even threatened her with the classic big sister line "Mom's gonna be mad."  but it didn't phase her!  So yes, in her Kindergarten picture- first school picture ever, she is holding her Cabbage Patch Kid.  Geeky kid!  I think I will e-mail her right now and tell her I love her!