Homeschooling

This whole summer I have been tossing the idea around of homeschooling the older kids. Mainly because my son has a very hard time with the kids at school. They are so mean and vicious to him. His self esteem is completely wiped out and he has crazy behavioral issues due to all of this. Of course, at first I thought no way can I handle them home 24*7, the fighting, the whining, the "I'm hungry" every 5 minutes. UGH am I nuts? Have I completely lost my mind? But since they overheard me talking about it, I have seen a different side of them. They seem more relaxed, happy, and EXCITED about learning. To try to prepare myself, I haven't thought of public school starting back up, I've made myself think they are gonna be home now, and I've become ok with this. We have seem to be growing closer already. I am actually getting very excited about it. I love the fact that my kids will be home with me, I can control what they learn, and we have fun doing it! The flexibility is GREAT too. We have decided that our school year will begin September 7, the day after Labor day. I still am in the schedule planning mode but I have ideas flowing like crazy. I am so fortunate to have such an awesome husband who completely supports this and is encouraging it. I already am getting the run around from other people about it. Of course, completely expected though. I just wish they could witness my daughter currently going through all her "school supplies" right now and labeling and organizing everything.

I am actually very proud to say I am a homeschooling mom now!!!