Ah…summer, how I love thee. Freckles. The lingering smell of sunscreen. Towels drying on the patio. Eating outside. Sun-bleached hair. (You should see Noah’s!) The yummy, sleepy feeling that envelopes you at the end of a day spent entirely outside. Mmmmm.
So, it’s just dawned on me that as a homeschooling mom, my perspective on summer vacation will be entirely different from that of a mom whose children go to school. Right now, I really do feel like I’m on vacation. It’s been so lovely to have noting to do but be a housekeeper and mummy and not a schoolmarm! I could really get used to this. :-)
Dave and I are committed, though, to homeschool through the next school year. Yes, it takes a lot – A LOT – out of us, but we’re loving the connectedness (is that a word?) that we feel as a family. It’s worth it. Hopefully, I’ll be able to blog more about this sometime. Hopefully being the key word. I can’t make any promises…I have five kids y’all!
I have tons of photo’s waiting to be shared too. Right now they’re stuck on my camera (almost 1000 of ‘em!). Our computer died a while ago, and Dave’s laptop is in serious danger of crashing if I upload anymore onto it. But never fear, Dave has ordered us a new MacMini and it should be here soon, so stay tuned.
P.S. Going to Fort Snelling tomorrow, a local living history museum. Excited!
Yahoo for summer! It must be a great feeling for you all! We are “hiding” from summer at the moment – its is CRAZY hot! Even the tots can’t stand being outside for long :OP What I loved about reading this post this morning is that that the photo in you blog title header at the top was of the little snow plow in a covering of snow! It was a funny contrast! Love you bunches and bunches!
Enjoy my dear Jenny, ENJOY!
Love to all.