Last Thursday Jessica woke up early throwing up. It only happened once and she isn't sick with a stomach virus, so we have been a little worried that she might be experiencing a small bleed, but we aren't sure yet. We will be taking her to her specialist soon for her liver clinic and bloodwork. I'm thinking we will be scheduling an endoscopy soon also, to check on her varices. Yesterday Jessica felt really good, but today she is acting very tired and not eatting much again.

For those of you that don't know, we are a homeschooling family. So, I will be updating on Jessica's learning achievements. This year Jessica was doing a 1st grade curriculum that ended up too easy for her and not as hands on as we like, so I put together our own curriculum for 2nd grade, which is working out very well for her.

Here is a list of Jessica's 2nd grade curriculum:

Math: Saxon 2
Reading: Spectrum Reading 2~ We also read together in the evenings.
Spelling: Spelling Workout B
Phonics:Spectrum Phonics 2
Language Arts: LLATL Red Program
English/Grammar: First Language Lessons for Well Trained Mind
Writing: Writing Strands 2~We haven't started this yet
Handwriting: Handwriting Skills Simplified B~ Skill Builders Cursive Handwriting
Science: Apologia Exploring Creation With Astronomy  

History: SOTW 1~ Kingfisher History Encyclopedia~ Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of World History;~I also bought The Complete Book of Presidents & States(workbook) to do as a seperate study.
Geography: The Complete Book of Maps & Geography(workbook)~ Encyclopedia of World Geography
Health: Human Body Grades 2-3(workbook)
Foreign Language: Rosetta Stone Italian
Art: Thomas Kincade Drawing Basics w/ DVD