This is my introdcutory "who we are" post.

We are a central Texas homeschool family with three boys (12, 9 &7), one labrador, one bearded dragon, one turtle, one beta fish, two hermit crabs and two parakeets. We are busy and the majority of our budget goes toward feeding the 12 year old and all the pets.

When the oldest (#1) was three and I was pregnant with #2, we decided to homeschool. As we lived in laid back South Austin, unschooling seemed the way to go, at the time. Over the last seven years we have used Charlotte Mason and Ruth Beechick methods, workbooks and textbooks, and we recently started Tapestry of Grace. The next post will be a gushing review about TOG.