Happy Anniversary!

To my kids and I that is!. I just remembered we have been homeschooling for one year! I never thought I would be here today, but here I am. How blessed I have been to be able to do this. They are learning things that they would never have learned in a traditional school setting, and they are so much happier. Even on those days when I want to pull my hair out of my head, I still would not put them back in. I am so very blessed to have a wonderful husband who though he thought I was nuts, supported me every step of the way and still continues to do so. It means so much to me to have someone love me enough to allow me to follow my crazy ideas and turn them into reality. I do believe he sees the benefits of our homeschooling adventure as well. He commented the other day that our daughter's reading level was great and that our son was learning things he only wished he could have learned about in school. He was shocked the other day when our daughter was knuckle walking around the house and he asked her what she was doing. She told him I am an early human Daddy before they became bi-pedal. He was flabbergasted. We have started a timeline and have started with the early human theory and one of the things they learned was that Homo Erect us stood on two legs which allowed him to develop a whole new set of skills. They love the timeline. I don't know about you my friends, but I remember barely anything from when I was in school. I hope our little school is different. I hope they are able to enjoy learning enough to be able to remember it and build upon it. I am so very grateful to God that I have had the blessing of being able to home school my kids. I am grateful that I have the husband I have who is supportive and allows me to follow through with my crazy ideas. I am so very grateful to have this time with my kids and to be able to instill a love of learning in them. God willing we will be doing this for a good number of years more!

This song has become my theme song for why I homeschool. Might not make sense to anyone else but it does to me!

Eva Cassidy "Songbird"

For you there'll be no crying
For you the sun will be shining ‘
Cause I feel that when I'm with you
It's alright, I know it's right
And the songbirds keep singing
Like they know the score
And I love you, I love you, I love you
Like never before
To you, I would give the world
To you, I'd never be cold
‘Cause I feel that when I'm with you It's alright,
I know it's right
And the songbirds keep singing
Like they know the score
And I love you, I love you, I love you
Like never before
Like never before; like never before.