Well, not taking a holiday; that’s for sure! We’ve been reading up a storm… here’s a selection of our current read-alouds… We’re also slowly making our way through our “ Winter Reading List ,” based on the Second Five in a Row unit study curriculum. You can get the printable wall chart for that reading list here . As with the First FIAR reading list we did last year, some of the books are wonderful; others are just so-so. Links to all the books we’re reading are over here in the Official MamaLand Amazon Homeschool Curriculum n’ More Store . So here's the big fat excuse for why I haven't been posting: our stupid !#$^ computer has been failing for a while, and when that happens, I end up spending 95% of my “relaxing” computer time just trying to make the thing work. Finally, 2 weeks ago, one of the hard drives quit entirely and I ordered a new computer – well, a $250 out-of-date refurbished computer that I could stick the working hard drive into. Which seems