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This weeks Heart of the Matter topic is "Your Most Exciting Homeschool Moment. 

I was sitting here this week trying to remember my most exciting moment.  I couldn't come up with some outstanding moment in our homeschool. 

There have been so many exciting moments.  This homeschooling thing has been quite the adventure for us. 

The most exciting moments could easily be some of our field trips or vacations.  Our State Capitol tour was the best!  And we love to explore while we are on vacation.  We'll just stop somewhere and check out everything.  Those are pretty exciting times.

Another thing that comes to mind when I'm thinking of our most exciting times are some of the projects we have done.  There's nothing more exciting than making real chicken mummies!  That was by far the most exciting project we've ever done.

But for me, as exciting as these times may have been, they are not my most exciting times. 

It's really what seems to be the little things that are the most exciting to me.

It's when one of my kids finally "get's it."  You know what I am talking about don't you.  You can see it in their eyes that they've truely figured it out.  Especially when it is something that you've been working together on for so long.  And then one day it all just clicks.  These are exciting times to me.

Or when you daughter who HATES being homeschooled and has made it perfectly clear to you.  Suddenly says to you.  Mom, I'm glad that I am homeschooled.  WHAAAT?  Did I hear that correctly?  You see this is my daughter who asked to be homeschooled in 4th grade and decided around the age of 13 that she wanted to go to highschool.  I knew it was due to things like peer pressure from her non-homeschooled friends and family.  Then the other day she says she's glad that she is homeschooled because of the opportunities it has afforded her.  Now that's what I call an exciting homeschool moment. 

Oh and that reminded me of something else.  When we first began homeschooling, my mother in law was totally against it.  We dealt with knowing how she felt for a couple of years.  Then while she was here for a surprise visit last year, the kids were showing off to her their piano music, artwork, and other stuff.  When she was leaving she said to me "You know its a good thing that you've homeschooled them or else they wouldn't be free to be who they are"  That was a pretty big exciting homeschool day for me! 

WOW!

I guess once I started writing I was able to come up with a few things  that I consider exciting moments in our Homeschools.  And its good to take a moment to remember these things.  The most exciting moments in our homeschool have also been some of my greatest victories!

*Kristie*