Homeschool Chronicles

Temperatures are slowly dropping, the sun sets just a little earlier each evening, summer is slipping away.  The children continue to play, laugh, and terrorize each other not realizing how fast the time is going.  We are about to wrap up yet another season as we gather school supplies and prepare for our new adventure. 
The dining room that was once clutter free with open spaces is quickly closing in us.  The walls are lined with bookshelves and stuffed full of school books, literature, binders, and supplies.  The decorations are slowly transforming from elegant family portraits to cork tiles lined with ribbon displaying the upcoming school schedule, the infamous white board and the classic ABC banner.  Yes, our dining room is becoming a classroom. 
Homeschool is about to begin! We are all excited to see what this next year will bring. There are a lot of unanswered questions just as with anything new and uncharted.  Our plan is to stay positive, keep our expectations reasonable and be flexible.  Our motivation for homeschool is more quality time as a family to make memories and enjoy each other.  With smiles on our faces, Jesus in our hearts, a fun spirit, if nothing else we will enjoy the year ahead. 
My hope is to document our first year with lots of pictures and stories of our adventure.  The good times, the funny times, the sad times and the bad times.  There will be struggles along the way, but if we keep a cheerful attitude through it all, I have hope that we will make it to next summer. 
Stay tuned...