Being Different has its Blessings!

One of the things I most love about homeschooling is the flexibility we can have!  At this point in our lives, we still do more of our structured schooling when Whitley is gone to work.  He works 12 hour shifts for 7 days and then gets 7 off.  During those 7 days off, they still get to learn a lot from their dad, but the learning is less at the table and more focused on other things that can be caught & taught.  A couple of days ago, Isaac learned about changing out the heating element in a dryer, for instance! Hmmm.... wonder why he had to learn that?!  Only because he is taking "shop" class, right?  Couldn't be because the dryer went out, could it?  HA!!  The kids are often in the thick middle of our home improvement jobs which gives them a chance to learn lots of things most kids don't get to.  We do take other breaks from school when we need them, especially right before and after I've had a baby.

All that being said, summer is a season that still involves school for us and it is definitely HERE!  Wow, it has been HOT the last couple of days.  During the hotter months, I try to let the kids take advantage of cooler mornings for their playtime outside.  I sent the older boys out this morning after their chores and told them I would call them in one at a time for their individual school-time.    I never know what type of boy I'm going to be calling in from their play!!  HAHA!  Today it was first a "Native American" that I called in to do his Singapore Math.  Sounds so funny to put it that way!!  Although I must admit that my knee-jerk reactive thought was to be annoyed with the mud-faced boy that I was bringing into my clean house, I quickly straightened up and realized that this was actually pretty inventive and genuinely awesome!  Thus I bit back those thoughts and took these awesome pictures instead.  Glad I chose the latter.... because these are really cute!  These two guys are really special!!

Once I got Isaac situated doing his assignment, I called in the fierce and brave cowboy!   

Celebrating the Difference,