This is exactly from my Facebook post about it.
Notice the pajamas?
Yes, we are *currently* homeschooling the boys. Read on if you’d like to hear more. I thought I’d put something here based on the number of messages I’ve received about it. Warning: this could get lengthy—even for me.
So, Jason has always been into the idea of trying homeschooling. I have always been terrified at the thought. Till recently. Don’t worry about us: nothing huge or horrible suddenly happened at the boys’ school, we just came to the conclusion their school was no longer the right fit *FOR US*. God must’ve been working on me because not only was I suddenly willing to try this homeschooling business, I was actually *wanting* to. I was still very sad (sobbing on and off for days) to leave the school and people—the community!-- we were very much a part of for the last 3 years but homeschooling was calling.
The state of Colorado says they require 2 weeks notice of your “intent to homeschool”. We turned in the form on a Friday and the district said they’d have our approval to us (and our school!) on the Wednesday just 3 business days later. Ummmmm, eeeeeek! So, the following Monday, we told the teachers, admin, and our boys that their last day would be Tuesday, February 4th. I was initially counting on having through their Valentine’s parties to figure out our plans for curriculum and such.
Didn’t happen.
Their last day at Westgate Community School. 2/4/14
Walking in on their very last day.
Autumn helping us shovel on that snowy day while they had their last day of school.
I found this in Dalton's school journal once they were home.
The boys were both quite excited by the idea of homeschooling, to be honest. They were both VERY happy at our school, NEVER complained about going, had great friends and (Dalton especially) had wonderful teachers and were making decent progress academically. But, as I said, they still both loved the idea of homeschooling. They were excited they’d get to spend more time with one another. Our boys are truly the best of friends and it totally warms my heart that they wanted to spend more time together. (Each day when I'd pick them up, they'd totally ignore me and my questions about their day in order to reconnect once they were together again.) They were also excited that we could study the Bible as part of school now.
Autumn is still going to her Christian Montessori program 3 mornings a week. One thing that has been hard for me this last week and a half is getting used to how much less time I have with my girlie. I am enjoying the extra time with my boys and all my babies together, it was just such a sudden change I apparently wasn’t quite ready for. Autumn is doing fine with all of it, though. It’s *me* having the harder time.
I am unsure what is in store for us long-term, to be perfectly honest. While Jason has always wanted me to give homeschooling a shot, he’s also counted on me getting a job and contributing financially to the family once all three were in school full time. We’re open to all sorts of ideas, however. We’ll just wait and see. We know QUITE a few people who homeschool--both locally and out of state--and I’ve reached out to many of them over the last couple of weeks and I’m certain I’ll continue to. So many of them are life-long homeschoolers (some were even homeschooled themselves!) and right now I’m finding I’m quite traditional. My mom, sister, and soooooo many of my close friends are public school teachers….it is hard for me to get away from that mindset as we begin our homeschooling journey but these folks are all helping me on my way!
Notice the pajamas?
Yes, we are *currently* homeschooling the boys. Read on if you’d like to hear more. I thought I’d put something here based on the number of messages I’ve received about it. Warning: this could get lengthy—even for me.
So, Jason has always been into the idea of trying homeschooling. I have always been terrified at the thought. Till recently. Don’t worry about us: nothing huge or horrible suddenly happened at the boys’ school, we just came to the conclusion their school was no longer the right fit *FOR US*. God must’ve been working on me because not only was I suddenly willing to try this homeschooling business, I was actually *wanting* to. I was still very sad (sobbing on and off for days) to leave the school and people—the community!-- we were very much a part of for the last 3 years but homeschooling was calling.
The state of Colorado says they require 2 weeks notice of your “intent to homeschool”. We turned in the form on a Friday and the district said they’d have our approval to us (and our school!) on the Wednesday just 3 business days later. Ummmmm, eeeeeek! So, the following Monday, we told the teachers, admin, and our boys that their last day would be Tuesday, February 4th. I was initially counting on having through their Valentine’s parties to figure out our plans for curriculum and such.
Didn’t happen.
Their last day at Westgate Community School. 2/4/14
Walking in on their very last day.
Autumn helping us shovel on that snowy day while they had their last day of school.
I found this in Dalton's school journal once they were home.
The boys were both quite excited by the idea of homeschooling, to be honest. They were both VERY happy at our school, NEVER complained about going, had great friends and (Dalton especially) had wonderful teachers and were making decent progress academically. But, as I said, they still both loved the idea of homeschooling. They were excited they’d get to spend more time with one another. Our boys are truly the best of friends and it totally warms my heart that they wanted to spend more time together. (Each day when I'd pick them up, they'd totally ignore me and my questions about their day in order to reconnect once they were together again.) They were also excited that we could study the Bible as part of school now. Autumn is still going to her Christian Montessori program 3 mornings a week. One thing that has been hard for me this last week and a half is getting used to how much less time I have with my girlie. I am enjoying the extra time with my boys and all my babies together, it was just such a sudden change I apparently wasn’t quite ready for. Autumn is doing fine with all of it, though. It’s *me* having the harder time.
I am unsure what is in store for us long-term, to be perfectly honest. While Jason has always wanted me to give homeschooling a shot, he’s also counted on me getting a job and contributing financially to the family once all three were in school full time. We’re open to all sorts of ideas, however. We’ll just wait and see. We know QUITE a few people who homeschool--both locally and out of state--and I’ve reached out to many of them over the last couple of weeks and I’m certain I’ll continue to. So many of them are life-long homeschoolers (some were even homeschooled themselves!) and right now I’m finding I’m quite traditional. My mom, sister, and soooooo many of my close friends are public school teachers….it is hard for me to get away from that mindset as we begin our homeschooling journey but these folks are all helping me on my way!
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