Grants, auditions, and curriculum.. oh my!

I am soo glad this semester is almost over! Looking forward to a little break before summer classes start. I will be spending my evening filling out scholarship paperwork.. sounds fun huh? You know you're jealous! But hopefully I can get more than just a Pell grant this semester, and maybe be able to pay a babysitter so I can go to my on campus classes. We will see.

Next week I am going to vocal team auditions. I am looking forward to it, but really have no expectations. I have heard that it's going to be pretty tough, so I am NOT holding my breath. I AM going to go in there and do my best! Maybe I'll make it in one of the ensembles.. ya never know! The biggest issue I am going to have is nerves, I get REALLY nervous when something is on the line. So I am going to treat it as though nothing is, it's just a fun night of someone telling me how to sing, and that I am going to do great. That should help!

The homeschool year is almost over, can you believe it? Gwen will be moving on to third grade soon. Annabelle will be working more into her Kindergarten stuff now and into summer. She is finally ready to accept that she can do school work and now that she is going to have to do it! I'm looking forward to seeing how she does. She is writing fairly well, colors quite nicely, working on reading. I think that she is pretty ready for Kinder, so we are going to start working on it more and more.
BTW, she just learned to tie her own shoes! Such a milestone!
I am looking into what we will be using next year for the kids. I think for Gwen we will be using Switched On Schoolhouse. It's the same curriculum we have been using, just electronic. I think she will enjoy it. I am looking to see if I can get a hold of Saxon math, because everyone raves about it, and scope it out. I don't want to spend a lot on a book, so hopefully someone has one I can borrow or buy cheap!