Homeschool Perks

There are so many benefits of homeschooling, that often I really wish all of my kids were home. Sleeping in every morning, working at your own pace, taking breaks WHENEVER you want to, sitting around in your jammies all day if you so desire, eating oreos while doing a math lesson, watching NHL while completing your grammar assignment, only spending 2-3 hours on school per day instead of wasting pretty much all of your waking hours in an enclosed building with no windows, and the list could go on and on forever.

Homeschooling a smart kid is even better....we can be so casual and lax about things because no matter what we choose to do instead, Michael figures out a way to get his schooling done. Today, we had a great day bumming around Waconia. We had some boring errands to do (the post office and getting new tabs for the truck AGAIN when our first ones would not adhere to the license plate....I even had to pay $9.50 to replace their crappy first set). We also had some fun things on our list. The first was visiting the Sports Locker which is selling their entire product line at 50% off to make room for their new clothing only business. When you have a couple of kids who need expensive hockey gear, 50% off is MUCH appreciated. We made out like bandits, and saved $250 on things that the boys actually needed. Michael got to splurge on a new, way-cool hockey stick. To my untrained eye, all the sticks look the same to me....but he really knows his stuff, and was extremely excited to get his first intermediate level stick which he used in his game later this evening. He got a bargain at $85.....you can do the math to figure the original price tag! Laura found some cute little girlie ice skates, and begged to go skating the rest of the day. She refused to get out of the car once home....she said she was going to wait there until we left "to go to hockey". Unfortunately, we were too busy the rest of the day to go anywhere.

We finished our fun afternoon with lunch at one of the local restaurants downtown. We decided it was to celebrate our birthdays, since all 5 of us have birthdays so close together. We were pretty much the only people in the restaurant at 1:30, so it was really nice....and Thomas actually slept in the car seat the whole time, so there was no stress!

This evening, things cranked up a few notches. We were so busy with activities in every direction, that it took 4 different adults to get everyone to where they needed to go. We had a hockey game, Alex in after school activities, then a return later for Pep Band, and Jonny started Basketball. All of these things overlapped on one end or another. I was able to see Jonny during his last 20 minutes of Basketball. This is his first attempt at it, and he did really well! His height makes him an awesome rebound asset. Perhaps he is going to finally find his niche here.

Tomorrow, there is nothing on the calendar except for an after school play date for Jonny & Melissa. That will give Michael and I some time to catch up on some of the schooling we kind of blew off today. And that's OK, because today was a really nice time, and it was great enjoying the company of my kids.