This weekend, dh has been organising and arranging my school room- we have a lot of books and I am not the most organised 'gal' around. School can't start with the chaos it ended with, so this is our - or should I say 'his' weekend project. As for me, school was supposed to start this week on Monday but of course , that ain't happening. I completely changed my twins curriculum and the new one isn't even here yet. I am mostly ready for C, my 5th grader, except for science. You would think with a Maser's degree in Chemistry, science would be my favorite subject to teach and it is. The kids love it but I just hate planning for labs. We will be using Holt's Life science this year in 5th ( I think this is a Middle School Text) and my 8th grader is going to be doing Conceptual Integrated Science which I saw was for grades 11th-12th. Oh well! It will give him a good overview of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and earth science) which is what I want before he starts high school. There is a Conceptual Integrated Science Explorations which I saw was a 9th-10th grade text and probably would be more appropriate but I have these books already at home. I am not shelling money buying a book for $60 plus . J will start maths and do a Connect the thought course on Monday.

I just discovered Connect the Thoughts and the kids will use them to supplement their studies. They look like fun courses and the kids would have to think a lot with them. They are kind of expensive for me though so I am not sure if the younger ones would do these. J will start with Information: Right or Wrong on Monday.

Well, that is all for today. I am cooking Cassava Leaves, a typical Sierra Leonean dish which my husband and my 3 younger kids love. Poor J. He eats our food but it is not a favorite and struggles through them. But I try not to torture him more than 2 or 3 times a week. Not so the other 3. I took them to Sierra Leone for 9 months 5 years ago and all they can remember now was the beaches and eating cassava leaves every week. I cook it like once a month and I am always hearing,'Mom, when are you going to cook cassava leaves next'. I have no idea why they like it. In my opinion, that is one of the least 'pleasing' to the sight Sierra Leonean dishes.