I was just thinking yesterday how great it was that my son was doing school in his pajamas.  Don't get me wrong, we usually get dressed but yesterday was a cool dreary day and my son has these soft flannel pj pants that he likes and it was the kind of day you don't feel like getting dressed up.  So I let him stay in them.  I couldn't help but think how wonderful it is that I get to homeschool him, that I get to know my kids better then anyone else and be their teacher.

Its the same way when I hear the schoolbus at 630am outside, I just pull the blanket over my head and yell (in my mind of course)  better you then us!  I want no part of my kids being on a bus for an hour or more to go to a school thats 5 minutes away while they can be sleeping.  One time a lady I met at a hostess party said to me, I just couldn't do it, homeschool that is and I said well I just couldn't do what you do (get up at 5:30 or earlier to catch that bus)  I would take my life any day to that. Of course as you can tell I'm no morning person!

Of course on a more serious matter I see how children all around us are struggling.  Some are struggling with academics, and some in other areas as well.  What really amazes me is to see the youngest children struggling.  A cousin of my dh has some many issues with her young children, I hear of children in 1st grade coming home angry as can be and why?  Don't get me wrong, I have some friends who do regular school and they do great and they are in Godly homes, but in these cases the parents are heavily involved with their kids on every level. I also see homeschool families that are a mess and don't have the hearts of their children. We need to be careful and not think homeschooling cures all because its not enough, especially in todays world.  However we are at an advantage, we have our kids all day every day and we can help shape their lives into something beautiful and hopefully most of all for Gods Glory!

I used to think I would only homeschool until junior high or high school but you know I am rethinking that.  I can't give my children to these schools for 8 and 9 hours a day, letting them shape the important attributes of my children, I just feel too much is at stake like their hearts! Every family has to do what they feel called to do and to be at peace in their decision, for me  I want to keep on teaching them in their pajamas and sleeping in for the bus rides.

Angela