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Our county just went back to school a week ago.
We, on the other hand, started our family's homeschool back-to-classes in July, so last week marked the end of our first term, or first 9-weeks.
My parents came into to visit us, so while the public & private schoolers were in classes, we picked Grandma & Grandpa (G&G) up at the airport. Waiting for their plane to come in, we spent our time seeing a replica of the Wright bothers' plane and learned about their famous flight, and saw another display about aviation history of famous North Carolinians.
Throughout the week, we enjoyed "car-schooling." While we drove Grandma & Grandpa to fun places for field trips, Gpa and DD did Latin and Addition flashcards in the back seat of the mini-van.
We learned more about our family heritage and heard stories about grandma, grandpa and even mommy growing up. My dad is a history-buff so in our time together, when we came across something that pricked his memory about a topic, we would learn from him.
We watched a cool video together for our Polar Regions Unit Study about the story of Sheckleton and "The Endurance" in Antarctica. Gpa read aloud a great story about Admiral Peary that both he and DD learned a lot from.
DD read the new books that she received from them, and she read-aloud to her brother the new books G&G and Auntie had given to him for his birthday. I even caught Gpa several times reading one of DD's "America Girl" books. One time I teased him, "Are you learning anything?" he replied, "Oh, yeah -- these are great!"
We even had a "spelling bee" one evening that was lots of fun and full of chuckles -- DD got "easier" words while mommy tried to trip up daddy and grandma with tricky ones. Gma got to encourage DD to love math and spelling, sharing how much she enjoyed learning those subjects when she was her age, and DD got to see how good Gma was at them throughout the week.
Just one more reason I'm glad we homeschool -- I could never dream of our kids missing out on all the fun we had and all we learned last week, just so they could do what so many other kids in our county did last week -- wake up early to catch the bus, be away 8 hours a day, come home to do homework, and go to bed early.
What a blessing it is to homeschool! Why would people choose any other way? | 
I have been the bride to the most gracious, sweetest man in the world for the last 11 years. What I love most about him is that he is always striving to be a better husband, father, and child of God.
