Ready, Set, Here We GO!

Here we are, one week away from what might be the biggest adventure of our lives (or, possibly a very short blip on my kids educational career). Next Monday, homeschool begins. I'm thrilled! I'm nervous. I'm elated! I'm petrified. I'm content.

We aren't your "typical" homeschoolers. I digress. There are so many reasons to homeschool, that I'm not sure any homeschoolers are "typical". Our main reason for making this decision is to create the "ideal" (whatever that means...) learning environment for our oldest. He's 5 1/2 (it's very important to him that I don't leave that 1/2 out). I'll call him G. Now G is excited about the world. SO EXCITED that he has an EXTREMELY hard time sitting still. Ever. He's curious, always questioning, always probing, always wanting more. Those of you out there with 5...er...5 1/2 year old boys know EXACTLY what I'm talking about. He's joyful, loving, sometimes helpful, active, imaginative. He's my guy. Various preschool programs through the last couple years have taught me that he doesn't learn in the traditional way. While he LOVES to learn, he HATES sitting still to hear about something that he already knows. And he knows (or thinks he knows) A LOT. Our main priority of this homeschooling adventure is to tailor his learning to his interests and his style. We want to encourage his curiosity and teach him that learning is awesome. What fun is a life where you don't love to learn?

Along for the ride, is my sugar-sweet, precious as pie, sassy-pants 2 1/2 year old baby girl. I'll call her S. She is little miss independent. S went to preschool last year and LOVED it! She seems to be a complete 180 from her big bro. She loves to sit down and do work. She is very content to work on something she's done 20 times before. She loves order and organization. I haven't truly figured out her "learning style" yet. But we have LOTS of time before that really becomes important.

So I've decided to take the leap and keep not one, but both kids home with me this school year. G is beginning Kindergarten. S is continuing Preschool. I hope to be able to use this blog as a sort-of living journal. I've never been very good at keeping "memories". I take pictures...but that's about as far as it goes. I'm hoping that by posting to this blog, I will be able to look back on our adventure, long after it's over and fondly (or laughingly...) remember what helped make my kiddos the AMAZING (I hope...) adults that they are.

So...JOIN US! It's sure to be a crazy ride!