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Home Education Week - Day 2 - "Profiling Home Educators"Dana says, "Describe yourself, your family or one of your children. What is it like to be home educated in your family? What is 'normal' for you?" So, would you like to come and meet the fam? - Here are the two troublemakers who started the whole thing:
This photo was taken as we were leaving our wedding reception... almost 14 years ago! We were young (I was 19, dh was 21) and had our whole lives ahead of us. If anyone would have told me at that point that in 12 years I'd be a stay-at-home, homeschooling mom to three children - I would have LAUGHED OUT LOUD! And yet... here we are. - Two years later, in 1996, this little guy came along:
And what a journey we found ourselves on then! Many sleepless nights later, he's grown into quite a wonderful young man. I don't call him by name online, so here he is known as "BigBub", because he is the big brother in our bunch. BigBub has a variety of interests, ranging anywhere from building with Legos and playing video games to sounding out classical pieces on the piano and reading cook books. At the age of 11, he is already quite independent and trustworthy. When it comes to schoolwork, I usually just have to tell him what to do and he tackles it. He's really good at math and language, but I think his passions lie more in science and history. He has a lot of dreams that he hopes to accomplish "someday". He thinks he'd like to be a marine biologist, a chef, an architect, the owner of a large luxury hotel chain, a gastroenterologist, and/or the owner of a large "Sea World" like theme park. Who knows which one he'll pick, or if he'll end up doing something completely different! Whatever he does, I know he'll be great. I love that he can dream big! - Two years after BigBub joined us, along came this little bundle of sweetness:-
She has all kinds of nicknames, but here I just call her "Sis", or sometimes "Sistah". Sis is definitely a girly-girl, into all things pink and frilly, especially if it has butterflies on it. However, she's also very good at basketball and other athletic-oriented things like swimming, gymnastics, and ballet. She doesn't like to admit it, but she is very smart. Sometimes we have to remind her to be bold like a bulldog when it comes to getting her schoolwork done, instead of helpless like a little kitty cat. She likes it when we put it like that, and will usually turn and "growl" at us to show us that she's a bulldog. Sis loves to read, and is currently enthralled with the American Girl series. She got her first American Girl doll a few months ago and she still carries her everywhere she goes. As for what to be when she grows up, she doesn't have anything definite in mind yet. The only thing that she mentions regularly is that she wants to be a mommy. I think that's a wonderful goal to have! - Then, last but not least, is LilBub.
LilBub might be the "baby" of the family, but he certainly plays a big role. He keeps us on our toes, and also keeps us laughing with his unique way of phrasing things sometimes. He'll be starting Kindergarten this fall, and he's already reading quite a few words on his own. He loves to do dot-to-dot's and mazes, and he loves to draw, but he's not so crazy about coloring. I am consistently amazed at LilBub's ability to pick up on things that his older brother and sister are learning in their lessons. For example, he can recite part of the speech given by Patrick Henry to the House of Burgesses, just from overhearing his brother and sister memorizing it. I think it's pretty cute! He also is completely enthralled with video games and anything ending in the word "-ball". I guess you could say that he is all boy! I am looking forward to starting Kindergarten with him because he will be the first one that I've homeschooled from the very beginning. I know that he's going to go far and do well! I'm so thrilled to be the one to get to see it all firsthand. - So... that's us! And here's us now... -
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