It's Like Christmas!

Our box from Sonlight arrived the other day! It was so exciting to pull everything out :) It was like Christmas in July...at least for me! At the time, noone else was home :) I'm not sure it was quite as exciting for everyone else when they did see it, but I am a freak when it comes to school and office supplies...I could spend hours (literally) wandering the aisles in Office Depot. Don't even get me started on the Back to School aisles at the big box stores...There is just something about the smell of notebook paper and binders that I love. (By the way, Steve and Brett are really excited, just maybe not at my level...)

Okay, back to the topic....Out of the box comes a Teacher's Guide. I'm in love already! Next, the inserts for the guide...woo hoo! Then, I reach in and begin pulling out book after book...I'm talking about good stuff here! The Boxcar Children, The Light at Tern Rock, Mary on Horseback, Johnny Appleseed, The Story of William Tell, The Hundred Dresses, The Usborne Book of Living Long Ago, The Usborne's Internet Linked Children's Encyclopedia, The Family Under the Bridge, The Adventures of Winnie The Pooh, Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes....it goes on and on. There are so many! I think 24 or 25 in all. Not to mention the K level readers for Brett to begin sounding out words and reading. Then out comes a fully laminated GIGANTIC foldable map of the U.S. on one side and World Map on the other side. We also received a book called "The Book of Time". It is an empty timeline to chart events on as we study them...pretty cool.

I seriously think I need an intervention at this point, I'm so excited!

I sat Brett down on Monday and showed him everything...he loved it all. I'm building his suspense of school starting by leaving things out where he can see them, but we aren't using them yet. I think its beginning to drive him nuts and its only Thursday! Every day he says, "Mommy! Is today the day we start school?" He can hardly wait to get into all those books!

I am thanking God right now that we chose Sonlight...I can't think of a better fit for us!