Creative Writing

So, yesterday the children had a creative writing assignment for homeschool. The assignment was to make a commercial for your favorite word. Great idea, right? I thought this sounded so fun. One of my children agreed and went right to work typing up a very nice little ad for the word Wow. The other one was more reluctant. Didn't really understand the idea behind a commercial for a word. Didn't want to write. Other child offers to help and they set off to write this commercial together and about 15 minutes later they had a great little ad for the word butt-crack. Wanna guess who is who?

Let the Games Begin

Well, it's been awhile. I suppose I should post some sort-of Christmas update but then that would require me to upload the Christmas pics that are still hanging out on my camera. Ehh, maybe tomorrow.

Christmas was fast and fun and exciting and did I mention fast? Seemed to fly right by.

Probably that had something to do with what I knew was coming after Christmas. Started today, in fact. Yes, we have in fact joined the ranks of "those homeschoolers". Well, we have partially. We will be a full-fledged homeschooling family by the end of next week. Yeah, I probably have lost my mind.

It just seems simpler to me. Which really, doesn't even make sense, at least not at first glance. And if today is any indication, it is simpler. Way more simple, indeed. Since I typed that out for all the world to see I am sure tomorrow will be an absolute nightmare.

The reason? Schedules is the basic simple answer. I am a control freak, I have embraced this. If I am going to be a slave to a schedule I would prefer it be one of my own making. And I would prefer it include the things I value and my husband values and my children value. Not the things the TAKS test values. Well, some of the things the TAKS test values, I also value but..... I think you get the general idea.

We live in HillBillyVille where let's just say that for example, football is highly valued. And let's just pull something out of a hat and say fine arts are maybe not so much valued. Well, in this example, I have two kids who are never gonna play football but they happen to have a very high interest/talent in the fine arts. Beautiful thing about home school? Home school values whatever the teacher says. And I'm the teacher. Wow, simple.

And then, not so simple. Because of this freeing schedule Duncan would like to play on a youth wheelchair football team. I am fairly certain this doesn't even exist. If any of you know anything remotely close to a wheelchair football team for kids please leave me a comment. I am at a loss, which is where I'm usually at so nothing new really.