Trying to Keep My Head In the Game

I'm pretty much accepting right now that most of my energy is taken up with getting ready for Christmas.  At the same time, I can't help having a little yipping voice in my head reminding me that *very* soon after the holidays we'll go back to doing lessons, and it's easier to plan ahead than on the fly (for me, anyway-- how about you?)  I also have a 'quarterly report' due on December 31st, which I haven't written yet-- I set my quarterlies at even intervals around our (year-round) school year, this is the only one that falls during one of our breaks-- every year I forget this one, or nearly do so, and write it up at the last minute.

Here are the notes that I've made for myself, regarding this upcoming (and in our school year, last) trimester:

1. continue with Nebel science (we go in and out of this science curriculum, but it's still the best one I know of), discussing the concept of 'Center of Gravity'
2. remember to do all the 'extra' lessons each week, sometimes we fall out of the habit of doing these toward the end of a session: Latin, geography, philosophy, art, music
3. continue having the boys write book reports (this is relatively new for us)
4. ask the boys to re-do (or at least re-visit and add to) thier timeline of exploration of the New World, including Brendan the Navigator and explaining where 'Vinland' is
5. take a day off from Story of the World to update their old timeline, which has been neglected for a long time
6. start a program of memorization, working on (one at a time): US states (being able to fill in a blank US map), US capitals, US presidents
7. look up a good touch-typing software or online program/game for kids

That should be enough to go on with, once I get started in January it will be time to start thinking ahead to our next school year-- what to continue, what to change or add.  Primo will be entering 7th grade, somehow that sounds intimidating to me.