when east meets south
We don’t really do back-to-school stuff anymore. Not that I don’t want to, it’s just a bit anti-climactic when you homeschool… The first day just sorta feels like just another day, but with a stack of new curriculum. If I were a planner, and the tiniest bit organized, I might do just back-to-school photos on the first day of the… Read More
He’s a graduate. And this milestone marks so much more than his completion of high school. He’s my first child that I really, truly (and only out of absolute necessity) homeschooled. And I use the term “homeschool” pretty liberally because, for at least the first few years, we made some big mistakes. Both of us. But we persevered. And we… Read More
This fall, Asher, Dalton, Sophie and Isabelle started taking a ceramics class at the Birmingham Museum of Art. It’s a fantastic class – the kids are able to create something new each week and bring home their masterpiece from the week before. The class lasts an hour and a half and the museum is half an hour away from our… Read More
About a year ago, give or take a few days, I did one big catch up post. A whopper of a post that covered the end of one school year and the beginning of another because, well… life. And this year is even crazier than last year. With the addition of our constantly curious Magnolia, spare time is hard to… Read More
So I’ve been in a fog of denial lately. But when October arrived, it hit me. Time to face it, chalk up how very much I’ve missed, and move on. I missed the last day of school pictures for last year. I missed the first day of school pictures for this year. But that’s just the way I suppose it’s… Read More
I shared a post similar to this a little over a year ago, with all our curriculum choices for the year. And I posted a follow-up at the end of the year, with our thoughts on all of Dalton and Asher’s curriculum. (Thoughts on Isabelle’s 3rd grade curriculum choices is here.) Let’s just say, we didn’t end the year the… Read More
Finishing out with Miss Isabelle, our public schooler turned homeschooler. Because it just seems like she deserves a post of her own. In November of last year we pulled Isabelle out of public school to bring her home. It was, honestly, quite a surprise to all of us as we weren’t expecting to homeschool her this soon (if ever). Because… Read More
About this time last year, I posted about the curriculum I’d purchased for the 2013-2014 school year. So, as we close out the year with pictures and an end-of-the-year interview, I figured I’d toss in a quick review of the curriculum choices we made. Because I am nothing if not opinionated. But first, the year-end interview. Here is my sweet… Read More
we have another homeschooler. Isabelle is home-schooling, y’all. And honestly, Isabelle and homeschool are two words I never thought I’d put together. But. We mamas do what we have to do. Because, in my opinion, the public school system let my girl down. She “tested out” of her special education class at the end of last year, which is wonderful…. Read More
Not ashamed to say it. Just four weeks into the new year and homeschooling an 8th grader and a 6th grader is kicking my hiney. More specifically, an 8th grader who is taking a high-school Biology course, doesn’t manage his time extremely well and can’t resist a game of hide-and-seek with his sisters. And a 6th grader who never misses… Read More