next year

Ok, again with next year's plans.  Here's my problem: I keep finding good looking curricula that I want to use.  Here's the other problem: I think we're already doing too much so that we don't have time to slow down and enjoy what we're doing.  The latest thing I found is this free life science curriculum that looks really good.  The problem is that I'm trying to do less for science so that we can do more nature study.  We had a wonderful nature walk yesterday at our local nature center.  The center has a really nice discovery room with lot's of books, puzzles, live animals, and activities.   Then we went on a short walk (with the baby in the kelty) and discovered moss, and came home and drew in our nature journals and looked up information about moss.  It was low-key.  No pressure to get something done at a certain time.  And the kids loved it.  I don't know why I have a hard time getting motivated to go, but I really want to do nature walks every week next year.  And Ambleside Online is pretty full, I'm discovering, so really I should probably just try to do that only.  Or at least with very minimal additions.  So I'm finding myself wanting to cram all this other good stuff in before we start Year 2 in the fall, but we're moving this summer.  And I don't know what it's going to look like for us while Jomo is studying for the bar, but I hope to spend a lot of time outdoors.  And I hope to catch up to where we should be in some of the AO books, like Island Story and Trial and Triumph.  So I probably shouldn't be adding much else to our summer plans.  Can you tell I'm trying to talk myself out of this science thing?  I don't think it's working though because I think we'll try it out now for a bit and see how it goes.