February 13, 2008--Getting ready to move

We are making a lot of progress on getting ready to go. We leave in five more days. Most of our stuff is in boxes, but I still have most of the kitchen to go, plus about half of the clothes to pack. Toys and books are all packed up. I also need to take things off the walls still. We're suspending math, english, etc. for the next couple of weeks. We're still doing Konos for this week, though. Our co-op group has one more activity we're going to be doing before we leave, which is tomorrow. We're having a fiesta, southwest style, and we're also making it a Valentine's Day party. They made pinatas and stuffed them with valentines and candy. The kids have had to do just about everything on thier own this week, because I've been busy packing up and also we've been drywalling the hallway and stairway. I've told them that this week they have three things to do: Make the pinata, read all the books I checked out from the library about the southwest, and come up with an act for the homeschool talent show. That's Friday. They has at first wanted to do a pop star routine from Joy's Bella Dancerella she got for Christmas. My little sister wanted to be in it, too. I didn't really care what they did. My mom thought it might not be appropriate, though, so another one of my sisters has helped them learn a ballet dance instead. It's going to be nice. Of course, some of the people there probably still won't be happy with it. I know when we were younger, my sister and I did a ballet dance and some of the others actually left the room because they were offended. Oh well, might as well keep up the tradition and offend them again. Sunday, my family is throwing a going-away party for us. I hope we have enough time between all these activites to actually move!