Okay, I warned you on my first blog post that I'm horrible at keeping up with journaling. At least I know my weaknesses ;) Now be prepared because I'm going to talk for awhile to make up for it.
11 months ago, I created this blog as an easy way to "out" myself as a new homeschooler. I didn't want to have to deal with the same conversation over and over again where I explained how we came to this point while I defended our decisions. 11 months later I'm very happy to say that I am definitely a homeschooler, very proud of it and will talk anyone's ear off about it! This last year has been amazing! Don't get me wrong...it hasn't been perfect. My educational vision has evolved multiple times, the girls and I have had our share of power struggles, I've been ready to pull my hair out when my husband got home in the evening (even more so on the evenings when work kept him away), my housekeeping skills appear to have been taken over by a 6 yr old child and yet, through it all, I still say that it has been amazing!
For those of you that like specifics, I will give a quick listing of SOME of what we studied last year and what curriculum we used to guide us through those studies:
As a family, we learned in surprising depth, about space and what is in our sky, using Apologia's Astronomy course. We also went through many different areas of history using pieces of Biblioplan, Story of the World, and TruthQuest. Aly went through all facets of single & multi digit division using Math U See Delta and Sav went through single digit addition & subtraction using Math U See Alpha. Aly began the Student Writing Intensive course from the Institute for Excellence in Writing while also using Christian Light Education's Language Arts books to work on her language arts and grammar skills. Sav made amazing progress in her reading using Hooked on Phonics, while she did Grammar from First Language Lessons and Writing from Writing with Ease. They also did some handrwiting books, made several lapbooks, did art projects and read more books this last year than they have read their entire lives. Miranda still attended our awesome co-op preschool 2-3 times a week but when she joined us at home, she adored doing her Letter of the Week work, playing all sorts of fun file folder games, and just generally tagging along with what everyone else was doing.
So, why has this year been amazing? I don't want to negate the fact that the learning they have done has been phenomenal, but that honestly hasn't been the best of it. The growth they have made emotionally, socially and spiritually is what has made it all worth it. For anyone that is concerned about the social aspect of homeschooling...well...it's crap. Sorry, just putting it out there, but it is! This last year has shown me exactly what the difference is between "socializing" in a 5 day/wk regular school environment and socializing in normal, every day environments.
I can see the difference most clearly in Aly, simply because she was in the regular school system for longer. The peer influence of regular school which caused my then 3rd grade daughter (8 yrs old) to constantly discuss the continuously changing cycle of what boy she liked, what boy liked her, how large a male classmate's boy parts were (yes, really), and so much more, is now practically non-existent. Don't get me wrong, she still has her crushes. The difference is they are now normal, 9 yr old crushes. Not the obsessive, my-life-revolves-around-this type of crushes. She has, on her own, picked up on the difference between those friends who exhibit virtues that she agrees with and those who she still may enjoy hanging out with, but she doesn't necessarily want to emulate. She has learned that her sisters aren't the enemy, they truly can be her friends. She has learned that her mom and dad are available for any off the wall question she may have (and boy does she have a lot), no matter how personal they may be. And best of all, she has learned that God isn't separate from life...God IS life!
Since Sav is younger, and only went through kindy in regular school, I don't see the amazing about-face like I do in Aly. Instead, what I see is a tremendous growth in the confidence she has in herself, her love of Christ and her patience with her sister. She is growing into a wonderful young girl, who doesn't have the 7 hr/day, 5 day/wk influence from other immature children. Instead, her main influence is a woman who is confident in who she is and very confident in who her children are becoming. Unless things drastically change, Sav will always be the quieter one. She's more reflective, more introspective and just darn sweet. This isn't getting squashed by 30+ loud and overbearing 7 yr olds. Instead these qualities are being enhanced by a mom who can see exactly how to work with it and bring out the good parts of these traits.
Let me also clarify all of this by saying that I am NOT their only influence! I'm just their main one, the same way I have been since their birth. They still have tons of interaction with their peers through enrichment classes, tennis lessons, dance classes, play dates, field trips, church activities and so much more! Whoever came up with the term "home"schooling really should be slapped because it truly gives an incorrect picture of our day. We are anything but just home! I've put more miles on my car this last year than in quite some time...and I'm enjoying all of it :). It really isn't anything like most people imagine!
So, while I have loved watching the learning take place, and loved seeing them grow to new potentials, the thing that really has made me have that amazing year is to see who the kids are becoming as individuals. I get to see that just because they hit school age, all my years of being a stay-at-home mom don't have to be thrown out the window. It's an amazing sight to see and I'm very happy to say, we will be proudly continuing this adventure through another year (and hopefully more). I've changed some of our curriculum around (and am VERY excited about the changes...more on that later) and I've kept some the same. Very anxious to see where this next year in our Life of Learning will take us!
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Well...
That was a nice 2 month break from blogging. I think I made it a whole month before I took 2 months off. That must be a journaling record for me ;) LOL. In all seriousness, the reason I wasn't blogging during this time was because my insanity time hit and every spare second was spent focused at the priorities in my life...unfortunately blogging wasn't one of them. BUT...I'm back :)
For those of you that don't know me, you may not know that besides being a wife and now homeschooling mother, I also own a semi-annual consignment event for children's items (www.LittleFeetRepeats.com). Our fall event was in October and I'm finally getting things back in order around here from that. We took a couple weeks off of formal schooling (started 3 weeks early in the summer to prepare for this time off) during my event, but the rest of the time of my blogging absence, we have been schooling up a storm :). Aly has finished her grammar book (Michael Clay Thompson Grammar Island Level - more details on this program later) and can now very successfully do a 4 level sentence analysis on most any sentence I give her. She has moved onto the study of poetry and loves it - she keeps begging to do more poetry! Crazy kid ;)
We have been learning about Mercury, Venus and the stars, plus we took a wonderful field trip to the Bakersfield College Planetarium. We've studied in depth the European explorers, Jamestown, the Pilgrims and more.
Aly attended History Camp for a week at the Kern County Museum where she was transported back in time to the days of the Pioneers. She learned how to cook in a dutch oven, dig for gold, make candles, line dance and so much more.
Sav has memorized several adorable poems for her English program and has read her first 2 chapter books. She also wrote a very cute story all about birds in a nest a few days ago :)
Mir is being the spunky little 3 yr old that she always has been, and loves to do her preschool lessons while her sisters are doing their big kid lessons.
I'll have more posts on details about everything we've done soon, but in the mean time, I just wanted to say that I'm back and hadn't vanished forever ;)
See you soon!
For those of you that don't know me, you may not know that besides being a wife and now homeschooling mother, I also own a semi-annual consignment event for children's items (www.LittleFeetRepeats.com). Our fall event was in October and I'm finally getting things back in order around here from that. We took a couple weeks off of formal schooling (started 3 weeks early in the summer to prepare for this time off) during my event, but the rest of the time of my blogging absence, we have been schooling up a storm :). Aly has finished her grammar book (Michael Clay Thompson Grammar Island Level - more details on this program later) and can now very successfully do a 4 level sentence analysis on most any sentence I give her. She has moved onto the study of poetry and loves it - she keeps begging to do more poetry! Crazy kid ;)
We have been learning about Mercury, Venus and the stars, plus we took a wonderful field trip to the Bakersfield College Planetarium. We've studied in depth the European explorers, Jamestown, the Pilgrims and more.
Aly attended History Camp for a week at the Kern County Museum where she was transported back in time to the days of the Pioneers. She learned how to cook in a dutch oven, dig for gold, make candles, line dance and so much more.
Sav has memorized several adorable poems for her English program and has read her first 2 chapter books. She also wrote a very cute story all about birds in a nest a few days ago :)
Mir is being the spunky little 3 yr old that she always has been, and loves to do her preschool lessons while her sisters are doing their big kid lessons.
I'll have more posts on details about everything we've done soon, but in the mean time, I just wanted to say that I'm back and hadn't vanished forever ;)
See you soon!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Don't look directly into the sun!
We always heard that growing up. I even say it now that I'm a mom. I never knew exactly why this was though, despite the old adage that it can "damage your eyes". Our science studies went from learning about the solar system as a whole to a study of the center of our universe - the sun! During these lessons, we learned WHY it truly can be damaging to your eyes to look directly at the sun for too long. The lenses of your eyes are shaped similarly to the lens of a magnifying glass...and we all know what can happen when you take a magnifying glass in the sun to a leaf. The kids didn't yet though ;). We went outside, armed with a simple magnifying glass and some curious children, on a hot, sunny day. We were lucky enough to actually find a leaf floating around from a neighbors house (since we have practically NO trees at our house LOL). After a little bit of practice (because I have to admit...I had never actually done this before), some focusing of the heat from the sun into one small spot onto our leaf - it started sizzling, then smoking, and soon had a hole in it!
I gave all "safety first" lessons, but even after that, Aly was still a little too eager to show her newfound discovery, to her Auntie. We then let things be known with NO questions about it, that ANY sort of play with fire, no matter how simple it may seem, can lead to disastrous results. It's nice that I was able to be around to see that she might not understand the magnitude of the original "no playing with fire" speech, so I could nip that in the bud right away.
So what did we learn from this experience? 1) The lenses in our eyes act very similarly to the lens of a magnifying glass, and it could be fairly simple to do big damage to our eyes; 2) Despite the fascination, even a small smoke can lead to a giant fire, so DON'T MESS WITH IT.
I gave all "safety first" lessons, but even after that, Aly was still a little too eager to show her newfound discovery, to her Auntie. We then let things be known with NO questions about it, that ANY sort of play with fire, no matter how simple it may seem, can lead to disastrous results. It's nice that I was able to be around to see that she might not understand the magnitude of the original "no playing with fire" speech, so I could nip that in the bud right away.
So what did we learn from this experience? 1) The lenses in our eyes act very similarly to the lens of a magnifying glass, and it could be fairly simple to do big damage to our eyes; 2) Despite the fascination, even a small smoke can lead to a giant fire, so DON'T MESS WITH IT.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
The Solar System
When I got into the whole homeschool world, one of the things I loved was that I would have the ability to put more emphasis on history and science for my children. Unfortunately, with the No Child Left Behind act, and the California school systems in the budget crisis that they are, History and Science are 2 things (among many) that are being left behind, in favor of focusing more on the subjects that the end of the year test (STAR test) surveys them on (only reading and math for the lower grades). These subjects are of course, very important, but so are all the rest, so I was really looking forward to digging deeper into both history and science with the girls. I knew that since I had control over what they learned, I wanted to teach them a Creation Based science, while making sure that they understand all of the rest of the theories out there, but also understand why I feel this is the truth for my life. I chose to go with Apologia's science curriculum, but then I let the girls pick which area of science they would like to study this year. They chose (after some negotiating LOL) Astronomy, so Astronomy it is!
We're loving Apologia so far! The girls each have their own age appropriate notebook where they take notes, do crossword puzzles, have copywork, make mini books, write summaries, etc of the things they are learning. It should be a fun thing to look back on at the end of the year to remind them of everything they did in this course. The first thing we started learning about was the planets in the solar system. Right off the bat, this was all new for me, so I went right along learning with them. We learned about the order the planets rotate around the sun, we learned about Copernicus and Galileo and what they brought to this field of study, we learned gravity and how the planets all stay balanced in their position, and so much more. The girls made up a silly mnemonic phrase to help them remember the order of the planets. The cool thing I like about this is how they brought in the Magic Tree House audio books we've been listening to in the car, in their phrase: Morgan visits everywhere, means just some ugly new place (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune & Pluto...more discussions later about Pluto's planet status removal).
Our first science project for this year was to make a model of the solar system out of balloons. This is obviously not an exact process, but is more of a fun, hands-on way to get a feel for the difference in sizes of the planets, along with the order that they rotate the sun. We did this project on a weekend, so that Daddy could be there to do it with us. It was so much fun for the girls to bring him into their school lessons with them. There was measuring of planets involved, decorating of planets using markers and construction paper, and lots and lots of blowing up balloons. Normally our science time is done when Miranda is napping so that we can focus a little more on the actual studies, but we wanted to make sure she got to be there for the fun of this project also. This just meant that there was a little more spit-swapping in the balloon department than we might have had otherwise, but she loved it so that was what it was all about. Here's some pictures of our first project:
We're loving Apologia so far! The girls each have their own age appropriate notebook where they take notes, do crossword puzzles, have copywork, make mini books, write summaries, etc of the things they are learning. It should be a fun thing to look back on at the end of the year to remind them of everything they did in this course. The first thing we started learning about was the planets in the solar system. Right off the bat, this was all new for me, so I went right along learning with them. We learned about the order the planets rotate around the sun, we learned about Copernicus and Galileo and what they brought to this field of study, we learned gravity and how the planets all stay balanced in their position, and so much more. The girls made up a silly mnemonic phrase to help them remember the order of the planets. The cool thing I like about this is how they brought in the Magic Tree House audio books we've been listening to in the car, in their phrase: Morgan visits everywhere, means just some ugly new place (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune & Pluto...more discussions later about Pluto's planet status removal).
Our first science project for this year was to make a model of the solar system out of balloons. This is obviously not an exact process, but is more of a fun, hands-on way to get a feel for the difference in sizes of the planets, along with the order that they rotate the sun. We did this project on a weekend, so that Daddy could be there to do it with us. It was so much fun for the girls to bring him into their school lessons with them. There was measuring of planets involved, decorating of planets using markers and construction paper, and lots and lots of blowing up balloons. Normally our science time is done when Miranda is napping so that we can focus a little more on the actual studies, but we wanted to make sure she got to be there for the fun of this project also. This just meant that there was a little more spit-swapping in the balloon department than we might have had otherwise, but she loved it so that was what it was all about. Here's some pictures of our first project:
NOT Back to School Day
One of the awesome perks of homeschooling is that we don't have to go on the public school's schedule. We started 3 weeks before the public schools started, so when it was time for the public school to start, we decided to have our own "NOT Back to School Day". I will out myself and say that this was a little perk that I might have mentioned to the girls when they were up in the air about homeschooling ;). A bribe...nahhhh, but a nice little perk :).
For our Not Back to School Day we decided to take a trip to the beach. We had been so busy that we hadn't actually taken the kids to the beach all summer long :(. We are normally Central California Coast folks but we decided to change it up this time and head south. In our new found Life of Learning, I couldn't just let this be a regular ol' beach trip...I wanted to make it educational in the process. Leading up to the trip, I found a very cute little preschool beach unit for Miss Mir. It had some fun math, writing, matching, cutting, sorting, tracing, etc projects in it. We did some leading up to the trip, some during the trip, and even some after the trip. She loved it :)
For the older 2 girls, I wanted to find something that taught us about the beach itself, not necessarily the ocean life, but truly about what you experience at the beach itself. What the sand is made out of, how the shells get there, etc. I found a great study with wonderful book suggestions, art activities and more. It gave the kids a whole new way of looking at the beautiful sand beneath their toes and a wonderful appreciation for God's gorgeous creation.
My sister is a teacher at our co-op preschool, but the first day of school wasn't until Tuesday, so she got to go with us, and of course she brought my cutie patootie 2 yr old niece also. Unfortunately Daddy didn't get the day off work, so it was a just a girls trip this time. Since we were at a new beach, we wanted to see everything that it had to offer. We started off at Redondo Beach with a goal of a paddle boat ride or a glass bottom boat trip. After some back and forth and a little drama that comes with 4 kids, we decided on the glass bottom boat ride through the harbor. It's just a little boat and not a long trip at all, but what fun it was! When you were in the bottom of the boat, the driver took you along the rocks so you could see some beautiful sea life. I wish I knew all the names of the fish...but alas...I don't LOL. I know one of them is apparently the California State Saltwater Fish (or something similar)? I didn't even know there was such a thing, but we saw it ;). The boat also drove us to an old abandoned dock that has become home to a large number of sea lions. The guys were so crowded on it they were laying all over each other and fighting to keep their position on the makeshift island. It was fun to see :)
Auntie & Aly
After walking along the pier, we then headed next door to Hermosa Beach for the sand-castle-building-play-in-the-sea type fun. That waves were much stronger than we were used to, so it took all of 3 seconds for the first kid to eat a face full of sand, and maybe a max of 5 minutes before 3 of the 4 had done the same. They were tough and kept on playing...some a little more cautiously...some not a care in the world :). We had sand castles being built, shells being gathered, naps in the sun, arts & crafts on the beach, and just general fun :).
Despite the 2 hr trip home taking 3+ because of traffic, we had a wonderful day and maybe this will be a tradition started for the future :)
For our Not Back to School Day we decided to take a trip to the beach. We had been so busy that we hadn't actually taken the kids to the beach all summer long :(. We are normally Central California Coast folks but we decided to change it up this time and head south. In our new found Life of Learning, I couldn't just let this be a regular ol' beach trip...I wanted to make it educational in the process. Leading up to the trip, I found a very cute little preschool beach unit for Miss Mir. It had some fun math, writing, matching, cutting, sorting, tracing, etc projects in it. We did some leading up to the trip, some during the trip, and even some after the trip. She loved it :)
For the older 2 girls, I wanted to find something that taught us about the beach itself, not necessarily the ocean life, but truly about what you experience at the beach itself. What the sand is made out of, how the shells get there, etc. I found a great study with wonderful book suggestions, art activities and more. It gave the kids a whole new way of looking at the beautiful sand beneath their toes and a wonderful appreciation for God's gorgeous creation.
My sister is a teacher at our co-op preschool, but the first day of school wasn't until Tuesday, so she got to go with us, and of course she brought my cutie patootie 2 yr old niece also. Unfortunately Daddy didn't get the day off work, so it was a just a girls trip this time. Since we were at a new beach, we wanted to see everything that it had to offer. We started off at Redondo Beach with a goal of a paddle boat ride or a glass bottom boat trip. After some back and forth and a little drama that comes with 4 kids, we decided on the glass bottom boat ride through the harbor. It's just a little boat and not a long trip at all, but what fun it was! When you were in the bottom of the boat, the driver took you along the rocks so you could see some beautiful sea life. I wish I knew all the names of the fish...but alas...I don't LOL. I know one of them is apparently the California State Saltwater Fish (or something similar)? I didn't even know there was such a thing, but we saw it ;). The boat also drove us to an old abandoned dock that has become home to a large number of sea lions. The guys were so crowded on it they were laying all over each other and fighting to keep their position on the makeshift island. It was fun to see :)
Auntie & Aly
Miss J
Sav
Sea lions
Aly
Fish everywhere!
Watching the sea lions
Miss Mir - This sums up her mood for a large
portion of the day
portion of the day
After walking along the pier, we then headed next door to Hermosa Beach for the sand-castle-building-play-in-the-sea type fun. That waves were much stronger than we were used to, so it took all of 3 seconds for the first kid to eat a face full of sand, and maybe a max of 5 minutes before 3 of the 4 had done the same. They were tough and kept on playing...some a little more cautiously...some not a care in the world :). We had sand castles being built, shells being gathered, naps in the sun, arts & crafts on the beach, and just general fun :).
Right after eating the sand
Sav in the water
Mir's feet
Sand castle building has begun
Sand....everywhere....
Well there's a little smile!
Naptime with Mom
Sand art
Despite the 2 hr trip home taking 3+ because of traffic, we had a wonderful day and maybe this will be a tradition started for the future :)
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Would you could you at the park?
We would not could not at the park, not in the car, not in a tree...
Wait...yes we could (okay, maybe not the tree...yet). One of my goals with homeschooling was to instill the love of learning for the kids, no matter where they go or what they do. What I didn't realize, was how versatile we could (and would have to) make our school days. As the mom of 3 kids, the wife of a busy husband, and the business owner of a local event, life can get a little crazy sometimes. Add homeschooling to that and I knew life would be busier than ever.
We have created a wonderful schoolroom in our home (posts on that later) and it is a great place for us to learn, but variety is nice! We do some schooling locations out of necessity. For example, the car is a fabulous place to work on division flashcards and read (for the 50th time) Green Eggs and Ham, while driving little sister to preschool, or taking our weekly trip to the library. Other locations are just for fun. Fun was my goal was with our "school at the park" day we had recently.
Mir goes to our co-op preschool 3 mornings a week, so this gives me a couple hours with just the older 2, 3-yr old free. We decided to spend one of these mornings on a picnic table, under the shade, at the new park near our house. This park has been incredibly busy since it opened at the beginning of the summer, but it was peacefully quiet this day. There were a few moms there with their toddling little ones hanging out, but other than that, it was a quiet place to do our work. Something about doing spelling words and math problems in the fresh air of a summer morning, made our entire day wonderful. It also gave us a fun playground for recess time :).
As it got closer to noon, the park got a little busier, the weather got a little warmer, and the kids got a little more distracted, so I knew it was time to go (nevermind the fact that it was also time to pick Mir up from preschool). We're definitely going to make this a habit for our school days...at least until the weather turns yucky.
Wait...yes we could (okay, maybe not the tree...yet). One of my goals with homeschooling was to instill the love of learning for the kids, no matter where they go or what they do. What I didn't realize, was how versatile we could (and would have to) make our school days. As the mom of 3 kids, the wife of a busy husband, and the business owner of a local event, life can get a little crazy sometimes. Add homeschooling to that and I knew life would be busier than ever.
We have created a wonderful schoolroom in our home (posts on that later) and it is a great place for us to learn, but variety is nice! We do some schooling locations out of necessity. For example, the car is a fabulous place to work on division flashcards and read (for the 50th time) Green Eggs and Ham, while driving little sister to preschool, or taking our weekly trip to the library. Other locations are just for fun. Fun was my goal was with our "school at the park" day we had recently.
Mir goes to our co-op preschool 3 mornings a week, so this gives me a couple hours with just the older 2, 3-yr old free. We decided to spend one of these mornings on a picnic table, under the shade, at the new park near our house. This park has been incredibly busy since it opened at the beginning of the summer, but it was peacefully quiet this day. There were a few moms there with their toddling little ones hanging out, but other than that, it was a quiet place to do our work. Something about doing spelling words and math problems in the fresh air of a summer morning, made our entire day wonderful. It also gave us a fun playground for recess time :).
As it got closer to noon, the park got a little busier, the weather got a little warmer, and the kids got a little more distracted, so I knew it was time to go (nevermind the fact that it was also time to pick Mir up from preschool). We're definitely going to make this a habit for our school days...at least until the weather turns yucky.
Friday, August 19, 2011
The pride through the phone...
Yes...I'll admit it...I eavesdrop on my kids' phone calls. I'm sure I won't be able to get away with it forever, but for now...it's no problem :). Today is the day the kids from the girls' old school got their teacher assignments. The 9 yr old girl phone calls began. It seemed that everyone wanted to know who each other had for their 4th grade teacher. The gossiping began...about the new teacher...about the old teacher moving grades...about who isn't going to have their best friend in their class. Aly wandered throughout the house, but settled in her room during the phone calls, so I decided that it was time to straighten up her little sister's bedroom (next door to Aly's) so I could listen to how the phone calls were handled. I have to say....the 1 sided conversation I heard made my heart smile :).
Some friends already knew about our new homeschool adventure, for others this was new information. Through all of this, I heard nothing but excitement and joy in my 9 yr old's voice. She was obviously being hit with a bunch of "who, what, when, where and why" questions and she was handling them like a pro. She took the news of several of her friends having the teacher she would have had (her teacher idol), amazingly well. She was genuinely happy for her friends, yet not disappointed for herself! I was concerned that this day might cause reality to hit and true colors of sorrow to show through. It was the EXACT opposite! She bragged about all of the cool classes she's going to get to take through her charter school, about how her schooling doesn't last as long as theirs and about how many more field trips she's going to get to go on. I'll admit, it was on the verge of gloating, but she still kept her friends' feelings in mind. She even comforted their disappointment of not being able to play with her at recess, by setting up playdates for after they get out of school.
I knew she APPEARED to be enjoying homeschooling so far. I knew she had TOLD me she's happy with this decision. I knew that she SEEMED excited about the future of our adventure. Today just showed me that it wasn't all an act. She really is happy, and in fact even proud, of this new step in our lives. Made for one happy Mama :)
Some friends already knew about our new homeschool adventure, for others this was new information. Through all of this, I heard nothing but excitement and joy in my 9 yr old's voice. She was obviously being hit with a bunch of "who, what, when, where and why" questions and she was handling them like a pro. She took the news of several of her friends having the teacher she would have had (her teacher idol), amazingly well. She was genuinely happy for her friends, yet not disappointed for herself! I was concerned that this day might cause reality to hit and true colors of sorrow to show through. It was the EXACT opposite! She bragged about all of the cool classes she's going to get to take through her charter school, about how her schooling doesn't last as long as theirs and about how many more field trips she's going to get to go on. I'll admit, it was on the verge of gloating, but she still kept her friends' feelings in mind. She even comforted their disappointment of not being able to play with her at recess, by setting up playdates for after they get out of school.
I knew she APPEARED to be enjoying homeschooling so far. I knew she had TOLD me she's happy with this decision. I knew that she SEEMED excited about the future of our adventure. Today just showed me that it wasn't all an act. She really is happy, and in fact even proud, of this new step in our lives. Made for one happy Mama :)
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