To catch up you

Times flies when your having fun! We've had a busy past couple of days.

The boys have been taking full advantage of their surroundings. From building projects using left over wood from the construction site next to our home, to becoming foster parents to an abandoned Mourning Dove egg. We've been too busy to notice we've ended one "school" year and started a new one.

In our state, we are responsible for "875 hours of instruction" and an attendance record. To satify this requirement, I keep a calendar from June to May, marking the boys "P" for each day they are "present" in our "home based private educational program." I've unceremonally filed away last year's calendar and started marking our new one. To my children, nothing's changed. Each day brings life's lessons.

As the "adminstrator" of our "home based private educational program", I can't help but reflect on the past year and wonder where next year will take us. I used to go about this very formally, drafting up progress reports and lesson plans. But so much of their education was taking place outside of my expectations. You just simply can't plan life. Nothing goes exactly as planned and its not suppose to, that is the point. We play out each day with the hand we've been dealt.

Each day in our homeschool feels like a fresh start to me. I don't bother worrying about what we haven't accomplished, because we have so much to look forward to. Some homeschoolers experience burnout, but I can't see this happening for us. We follow our own natural rhythym. My children learn at the pace God has planned for them. Trusting in that has freed me of any fears.