Trust Yourself, Take the Leap, Be Flexible: Simple Wisdom to Begin the Homeschooling Year
Today is Friday, and I am feeling pretty good. The house is clean (well, cleaner than usual), and I am watching my three older kids cook together while the baby naps. It's pretty amazing. Seriously, it can be like brokering Middle East peace talks just to get the two teenagers to talk to each other, and somehow they've come to an understanding that is allowing them to make Chinese dumplings together from scratch. Whoa. This is the kind of calm and quiet I don't get very often. And there's no way it's gonna last more than twenty more minutes, so I'll type quickly. T his week I have gotten my eldest started with her dual enrollment classes at the community college, helped my thirteen-year-old get himself organized for four online classes, decided to unschool my eight year old, and then decided that's never gonna work, so I am giving him worksheets and reading assignments until I figure out something better. There have been more than a few bumps in the road