Summer Time

So summer is here, school is out, and the weather is BEAUTIFUL!!! The kids and I are spending the week relaxing and cleaning - getting prepared for a busy summer of swimming and fun!! For several years know the kids and I spend our afternoons at our local recreation center, sitting around the pool. I get to spend the summer chatting it up with my Mom friends and the kids are free to play with theirs! Overall a GREAT way to spend our summer. We practice sun and water safety, take swimming lessons, and eat lots of snacks ;)

This summer brings on a few changes too. We are "forced" to consider a second vehicle as we live miles away from our summer time haven, and the husband is super busy with work!!! Right now I am going through the motions of getting things set up for school next year - Change number 2 - Homeschooling.  This is something the hubby and I have batted around for years now, but haven't been ready to take the plunge. With our oldest entering 5th grade and the middle school years looming near by, we new now was as good a time as any! SO we started researching the reality of homeschooling him - Fortunately we have SEVERAL close friends who home school as well and they are a TREMENDOUS help and GREAT resource!!! With the full intention of starting with our oldest and allowing the "middle" child to continue in public school, we felt pretty confident in our abilities. THEN after a bit more deliberation and a check into the reality of the school schedule we decided it would be best for all if we jump in fully. SO I am going from stay at home mom to a toddler and shuttling the older two to school and doing the after school thing to a full time homeschooling mom! WHAT am I getting myself into. Unfortunately our local school has declined in offerings and the reality of my children continuing there makes me sad, nauseous, and a bit frightened. This is the school I attended as a child, and our oldest would have most likely had the same 5/6 grade teacher I had this year! We are in an inanely small community which holds so many blessings, but keeping a good school going that meets or hopefully exceeds national standards, is just not happening. SO here we are staring straight into the eyes of our children's educational future! Mixed feelings abound, but confidence in this decision holds strong!

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