The past few weeks, we've all been slowly getting things going in all sorts of different directions. We've altered our usual weekly schedule to fit in a few new or different things.
Youngest has started up with a voice coach. She loves to sing and has a fabulous voice. Now she's going to learn how to use and control it. She's had all of 3 classes so far and is quite enjoying it. When we interviewed with the voice coach and made the decision to go with her, she asked Youngest to burn a cd with some of her favourite songs. Severl of them, the coach has never heard of before, and she commented favourably on my daughter's wide ranging tastes. *L* She's got songs from Vitas, Gowan, Great Big Sea, and a whole bunch more, including songs from Disney's Hunchback, Fiddler on the Roof and Phantom of the Opera. Anyhow, those are once a week.
We've also been going to a different home school organization's weekly park days, though now that the weather is getting cooler, those will be stopping. The girls aren't interested in going to the park days we've been going to for the past few years anymore, though we'll probably take in a few now and again.
The big thing we're getting ready for right now, though, is a road trip. After 4 years, we're finally going to be heading back "home," to visit family for (Canadian) Thanksgiving weekend. It's going to be a double family reunion. It's going to be a tight schedule. It'll take us 2 days to drive out there, unless we drive through the night (NOT my preferance!), we'll be there for 3 nights, but have to leave early on Thanksgiving morning to get back home at a respectable time. I've been able to reschedule Youngest's voice lesson, so we don't have to hurry back for that anymore, but we'll still need time to rest up from the trip. More specifically, to give my husband time to recover physically. His back has been giving him troubles a lot lately, and the trip is going to be quite painful for him.
One of the things we're looking forward to is bring back some of the boxes we'd left behind when we moved, expecting to send for them rather quickly. That didn't quite work out, and we've been really missing our library! We won't be able to bring everything back with us, but we at least want to bring back the books. We've got encyclopedia sets and referance books that are very handy to have. How many boxes we'll be able to cram into the van is questionable. Even with the back bench seat folded down, we'll still need room for our suitcases. We won't need to pack a lot for such a short trip, but it'll still need space. Then there's the camera bags and at least one tripod we'll be bringing along. Ah, well. We'll see how it works out.
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