I love the start of a new school year. It’s fresh and clean and no one has written “I hate math” in their math book – not that any of my kids have ever done that. I’m usually so eager to start the new school year that we begin in earnest a week earlier than campus schools start. Not this year. This year there has been enough busy-ness and enough changes to warrant an extra week off. I need the time to regroup and to plan and to sort.
We have big changes this year. Abbie is off to high school. Public high school. And I’m ok with that. I’m actually glad. I wish that we had a group of homeschooled kids who wanted to get together to take the kinds of classes she’s taking at school, but we don’t. And so off she goes. I’m relieved to not have to think about upper level sciences and math. Or French. And she’ll be great there.
She’s also gone on an independence kick and let us know that she really wanted the downstairs homeschool room as her bedroom. Yes, you heard that right – she asked for my homeschool room. And I sacrificed for the greater good. The room is now empty and painted purple. She moves her furniture in on Thursday. The contents of my homeschool room have been redistributed. We’ll have a “library” in the rec room downstairs while most of our day to day supplies will be in cupboards on the main floor. This is going to take some getting used to.
On a completely positive note, we’re doing Tapestry of Grace at co-op. This has been an answer to prayer for me. I have loved doing Tapestry of Grace at home, but having a group of kids for history and lit discussions is going to be amazing. I’m also excited about the opportunity to have a hands-on projects class. And the kids at co-op are fabulous – we’ve got an incredible group of people pooling their talents to create memorable learning opportunities for the kids. I can’t wait for co-op to start.
This is going to be a great year.
