Another exciting development is that while I was visiting my family my husband bought me a horse. She is just what I wanted, as I would have had a hard time settling for less (see above), a gray mare. Last night we finally agreed on the name Anabel, which means lovable. She really is. She is two years old and loves to be petted and talked to. She is great. Here is a picture of her.
She leads really well too. She is not broke yet, but hopefully that will be arranged soon. Ryan was shocked by how much I love her, as I am not very fond of animals. I must confess, sometimes she scares me a little because I am reminded that if she wanted to she could really hurt me and there is nothing I could do about it. Makes a person feel small and out of control. It is a blessing that she is so gentle.
Finally, we have about four weeks left of school, which is about what I was shooting for. I want to go as close to year-around as I can because then the kids retain the information better. We need a break though, so beginning to middle of July should be just right as we won't start again until Labor Day. We are both really enjoying school, well I don't enjoy the science experiment part so much. If he wasn't homeschooled, I would have a hard time even helping Kaleb with his school work because I wouldn't know how the teacher was teaching it. I would fear choosing a different method and confusing the poor boy. I also like that we can tie school into all kinds of things because I'm intimately familiar with what he is learning about right now. This most definately was the right choice for us.
