I just had an opportunity to read the most recent newsletter, about Accidental Homeschoolers.  John’s definition and description of an Accidental Homeschooling family could not be any closer to my family’s situation!  Reading that, made me want to share my story.  I apologize in advance for the length… When it came time for my oldest, [...]

We had company this weekend.  Our company are “online” friends who have become very close to us.  Q and Z absolutely love these two people and look forward to their visits.  Explaining the impact that these two people have had on the boys would take forever but simply stated the boys would be lost without [...]

I just had to share this story. It is TOO cute! As some of you may gather from our posts and comments, another author Tracy and myself are close friends. So are our families. Our families are very similar and her 2 boys and my 2 boys all interact well and get along famously. Her [...]

Yesterday Natalie signed on and decided to start working on the Science curriculum which is really a 1st grade level. Needless to say I was a little concerned because it is a higher grade level. However, it so happens that she had reviewed this same subject in school. The first section is called “Distinguishing Living [...]

Today we were on the way to a friends soccer game and it was a long ride…(well, not long but when you have a 6 yr old and a 9 year old in the back seat yelling “mom, he’s touching me”… it is long)….   In an effort to “calm” down the natives I asked them [...]