Why do I teach my kids at home?

Why do I teach my kids at home?

I have NO idea.....can't really give a good reason.....

I just want to use my degree to teach them myself 

(and not make any money.....hmmmm, maybe I should rethink this...)

BUT because I do teach them at home, we have discovered MANY "pros"!!

When daddy is in town, he can take them camping DURING the week and not on a weekend with EVERYONE else!! 

(this trip was Jeff and Max one-on-one time) 

putting up the tent....on his own

made a fire...on his own

cooking breakfast he planned....on his own.....it is a poptart HA HA!!

excellent fun and adventures!

AND when that week's science project said "using cement and bait food, try to get impressions of animal tracks in your backyard (which will probably be raccoon, opossum, cat or dog...)

We can alter the project when....on the camping trip....

"natural bait food" is provided....

and you find

AWESOME bobcat tracks!!!

 AND....when you are in the back room..... sewing.....
thinking that they are working hard on their school work...

They are actually watching The Today Show, starring Martha Stewart and her "halloween ideas".
SOOOO, later they can "create" what they learned.... ON TV and not in their grammar book.

Martha's project: freezing water with food coloring in latex glove

There are many "cons" to teaching kids at home...

One is socialization, being around people that are NOT family!

We solved that!

Teach them to run FAST....and find friends anywhere.....like a corn field.....

That is normal...right?

*for you serious people....that is a friend in the above picture....

we don't really chase down strangers.....that is something a "homeschooler" would do!