Normal....?? What's that??

      First I want to say, I know I said in my last post that I wanted to start writing at least once a week, but I truly did not understand how difficult homeschooling would be!! It has been a VERY hectic month-ish. I knew it would be different and even though I did do research on the curriculum and whatnot, until you actually start doing it... well it is so much more than I ever expected.      Unfortunately, because of doing virtual school the last year and a half of their young lives, I did not realize how behind they truly are (my 2 children in middle school at least, since I have taught my youngest most of what she has learned she is actually on point, and ahead in some areas). The beginning of the year, in Maryland & I assume other places, children always do review, mainly in the 2 main classes; Math and ELA (English/Language Arts). When we did a diagnostic to see where each of my children are in those classes, and what they need more practice in, there was things from elemen