Hi, Luke!
Great to have you and your family with us!
LukeF wrote: Although the homeschooling conference here in Iowa was enjoyable on many levels, the highlight for me - by far - was meeting Hellene, Sonya, and Sasha and experiencing Hellene's awesome creation.
My wife and I had purposed to include piano in our homeschool, but were just waiting for our kids to be old enough for lessons with the local teachers. Not only is Hellene's system intuitive and (as far as I am convinced after my demo in Des Moines) highly effective, but we are hopeful it will also allow us to do what we did not know how to do. That is, to teach our kids piano and give them the ability and desire to create wonderful music to be used for good and to the glory of God.
Did you have a chance to read my book 'You CAN be a musician' ? I started writing another one with tips about teaching children. This summer I am focusing on writing as much as I can. The beginning is here:
softmozart.com/forum/20-hellene-hiners-b...rite-a-new-book.html
Also the more I know about your progress, the more I will be able to help you. Please, don't hesitate to ask ANY questions and let me know, if something is bothering you. The one is not making mistakes who is doing nothing.
Oh, and we want to learn too! I won't speak for my wife here, but playing piano has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember. I am sure I sound like a broken record having repeated that more than once on these forums, but it's true.
Did you start your learning diaries yet?
We are excited to start... admittedly, we're a little overwhelmed also, but after digging around on here for an hour or two tonight I am feeling much better. Perhaps you've heard how best to eat an elephant? Time for the first bite, I think! 
Here what you have to do to start: open your learning diary and discribe what you all doing with software so far.
Start learning using the curriculum and post your progress.
Post videos to see your and childrens hands in playing the pieces.
I am going to give assignment to each of you and we'll make a plan for this summer activity to make the best preparations for the school year.