I was flipping through some magazines and noticed all of the fun “back to school items” for kids on sale. I thought to myself that my children won’t experience the new purchases of backpacks or pencil holders or lunch boxes because we don’t need those types of items. Will they be missing out because they won’t experience that rush feeling of starting a new school year with new environments and new supplies and new teachers. Well, I wouldn’t continue our homeschooling journey if I thought those missing pieces would alter their future somehow in a negative way. I still believe that our current path is the correct one for our family. I do think, however, that we’ll go out for a celebratory dinner and maybe a bookstore visit next week once we start back up with academics as our way of acknowledging their new school years.
Today-more projects and hair color:) I spent some time this evening organizing my science supplies. It is essential to my sanity to have an organized home.