What made you home school the kids? 
We started homeschooling because of a teachers exasperation actually.  When Kelly was in 3rd grade (3/4 of the way through the year),  I asked how math went that day.  She told us the teacher said to put their heads on the desk because “if they weren’t listening, she wasn’t teaching.”  This wasn’t [...]

I had a book laying on the table that contained 5 great short stories in American literature. Nothing special about it, I was just cleaning off my desk and tossed it there to put on the shelf. Kelly picked it up and asked me which of the stories was a favorite of [...]

I love to watch Kelly draw. Each face is different and it improves each and every time. I think this one looks like a gypsy.

Sarah’s latest art project was sketching a tree. It’s hard to see, but I was really proud of her. She’s starting to ‘get it’ when it comes to shading and small details.

Kelly… she just loves to draw faces. She’s getting pretty good at making each and every face different. [...]

Everything was fine with Kelly’s nose…no broken bones, but a nice Xray bill. Such is life.

Good Lord this past week has flown by! It’s been crazy busy here. Kelly’s nose is fine. The doctor said if it wasn’t broken or cracked that it could just be swelled and make the nerves more sensitive. So… I was glad to hear that, but I’m sure we [...]

Last month, someone at our homeschool group left a flyer on the table about a Children’s Writing Contest that was county wide. We’ve been working on poetry, so this couldn’t have come at a better time. Just for fun, Kelly entered one of her poems. She ended up winning Honorable Mention for [...]

I guess they both had a rough day.

For our homeschool art class today, the girls had to choose an emotion and draw an abstract design that represents it. Is there truth in the saying that art imitates life? I do believe so.

Kelly’s drawing - “Headache”

Sarah’s drawing - “Confusion“
Homeschool Daze… see, I’m not kidding.

We stopped at the library while in town and Kelly ran in and picked up a book she had on hold. Our librarian gets it and enters her card number but then has a strange look on her face. She said the computer popped up “Ask patron for ID. This card [...]