IT'S OFFICIAL!!

I am a homeschooling mommy!

When I went to pick Aiden up from school yesterday I parked my car in the carpool line and went inside and withdrew him. We are free!! Or insane, depending on your point of view. I am glad for the self-confidence Aiden gained this year in the public school system, but I am not appreciative of the lack of reading skills. Every day this week Aiden as asked, "Can do homeschool today?" I imagine it was more because he wanted to be lazy instead of getting his responsibilities done to be ready to head out to school. He doesn't understand that those responsibilities will be exactly the same for homeschool - minus the get the backpack ready part. Monday should be interesting.

So for the next five or so months I will work on teaching Aiden and Mikayla to read, going fairly quickly through a Kindergarten math program (I believe they are both pretty comfortable with at least most of the stuff we'll be going through), and working on their handwriting skills. Nothing too complicated or time-consuming. Hopefully they'll enjoy it and it will serve as a good transition to a full first grade homeschool program in the fall. (And hopefully it'll work out better for Bethany's nap times, as well!) Pray for us as we join the craziness that is the homeschooling family!