Playing Hookie

Today I woke up at 6:30, as usual, got dressed, made lunches, hurried the kids along, and got out the door in time for me to still make it to my work out class after I dropped the kids off at school.  I even had the car nice and warmed up, due to the fact that it was only 20 degrees outside.  We all got buckled into the car and as soon as I started to put the car into reverse to back out of the driveway the car shook and sputtered and ….ran out of gas!  Lol. I couldn’t believe it! I haven’t run out of gas in over twelve years. I guess I was due. We all piled out of the car and back into the warm house.  I wasn’t mad, I was just in disbelief.  In the end, I called my dad who drove over to the house with a large gas can full of gas.

While we were waiting for my dad to arrive with the gas, the kids excitedly asked me, “Can we practice home schooling?”

“Of course!”, I replied and I found some of the new educational games that I had just purchased two days prior.  We played Sight Word Bingo until my dad made it over with the gas.  After the car was ready to go, the kids didn’t want to go to school and I really didn’t want to take them.  I called Tom and he agreed that we could all play hookie for the day.  Yipee!!  I know it sounds crazy, but I love having my kids at home with me.  I miss them during the day while they are at school and I was very excited to have the whole day to relax and play.  We did agree to practice homeschooling throughout the day.  We worked on telling time, listened to “the timeline song”, read books, worked on some literacy skills, and made muffins.  It wasn’t a perfect homeschool day, but to my defense, I was making stuff up on the fly and was not prepared at all.  Still, I really enjoyed being at home with the kids and we were able to get a little bit of schooling done.

As you may be asking….Yes, we have decided to homeschool the kids next year.  There are many reasons why people home school.  For me, I am not doing it because I don’t like the kid’s school, dislike the kids in their class, nor am I doing it for religious reasons.  I am doing it because I only have a few precious years with my kids while they are still young and I don’t want to miss seven hours of everyday with them because they are at school.  I am doing it because I want to know my kids better and because I enjoy spending time with them.  I am doing it to increase the quality of life that we are living and to decrease the go-go-go that seems to consume us.  All year Faith has come home from school and told me that she missed me during the day.  My children seem to be begging for my attention and are having a hard time getting it. I have wanted to home school for years and now everyone is on board – even Tom and Faith.  I am excited for this next phase of life.  I don’t think I have been this excited about anything in a long time.   Don’t worry, the kids will have plenty of friends and extra-curricular activities.  Now we will actually have time for those activities without running ourselves so thin that we are all exhausted and almost strangers.  We still have many months before this plan is a reality, but it is definitely our plan, God willing.


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