Okay, parental units. I have to clear my throat and step up onto my rickety, wooden soapbox. I am forever shocked when I hear that precious baby boy or little princess has unfettered access to the armpit of our generation. … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Homeschooling
Back to School Tales From a Big, Sick Family
1. Back to Homeschool – barfing 2. First day of co-op – missed 3. Throw up plague – dropping like flies 4. First day pictures – not your average fun 5. Just another day in paradise. September 7th, 2017 After … Continue reading
I Have Four Daughters
This was written while I was pregnant and before we lost our baby at 18 weeks. Regardless of how many kids we have or if we have any more in the future, my sentiments are the same. Thought this was … Continue reading
Funny Friday – Convos with Hannah – The Question of Zero
Every family has a kid that questions everything. In our case, that kid is highly observant and smart as a whip. You can see the wheels cranking inside her little blond head each time she’s confused or less than impressed … Continue reading
What do Homeschooled kids do all day, anyway?
/ Said I, “Well, kids, lounging in your underwear with electronics days are so over.” Summer has come to an abrupt end and I am in full-on Psychotic Homeschool Mom mode. *Have you ever wondered what the heck homeschooled … Continue reading
Tour of a Real Homeschool
School Supplies and Flies? Okay, so we all know school days are rapidly approaching and man, oh man I gravitate to the back to school aisle like a fly to fresh poo. I can’t help it. Index cards and Sharpie … Continue reading
Motherhood: Sometimes you have to hide in the pantry and eat Nutella
Everything Changes I’ve been a mother now for almost eleven years. I’ve been homeschooling for six years. I feel like I’ve learned a lot, grown and changed immensely since my first little pink person was put on my chest. I’m … Continue reading
Says Buffy, “Homeschooling isn’t just for scary religious people anymore.”
Why do we Homeschool? “Why do you homeschool?” I don’t get asked the question quite as often now as I once did, but it’s on a lot of people’s minds when they meet my children and me at Costco on … Continue reading
The Principal that forced us to homeschool
The experience that catapulted us into homeschooling Six Years Ago On a hazy late summer afternoon, very pregnant with my third baby, I dutifully and proudly marched my oldest child, my precious little 5 year old Hailey into the … Continue reading