Just a little update on the whole homeschooling thing... We are all registered for the ICHE (Illinois Christian Home Educators) convention coming up in June and I'm really excited and anxious at the same time. I'm not so worried about me teaching the kids but for some reason I'm afraid I'm going to shelter my kiddos... I'm not sure why since I haven't in the past, so why would I do it now? I don't know. Anyways, I'm super super excited and hope that this will help get us started. My parents are going to come watch the kids while we're at the convention and I already know I'm going to miss them like crazy. I know it'll be good and I'm doing it FOR them... I'm just going to miss them to pieces. Thankfully, it's close by so if one of us needs to come home to help out with the kids we'll be able to come quickly. I'm worried about Isaac mostly, he won't go to sleep w/o me nursing him first and he lets you know how mad he is... so that would be my one prayer request that he'll take his nap(s) w/o me. We'll be missing the fun stuff at the end of the days but we wanted to be sure we were home to put them to bed. I can't tell you how excited I am though for this convention, since it's all a bit overwhelming and hopefully I'll be able to narrow things down and learn about all the technical stuff. It'll be good to start while she's still in preschool so I have a couple years before we decide if we're doing the right thing. We just really felt called to home school, and I want to be sure it's not my huge desire to be with my kids and that it really is a calling from God. Anyways, thanks for listening to me babble and I'm sure for the next few week's I'll be babbling about how excited I am, lol. Hopefully, it will be more interesting after we've actually gone. It's hard to believe that in 4 weeks we'll be flooded with all this stuff! I just hope my tiny little brain can take it all in.
Speaking of Isaac, can you believe he's 18 months old already. He's totally into everything and is definitely "ALL BOY", but with a sweet teddy bear side. One of my favorite things about being his mama is the gigantic bear hugs he gives... and he gives them all the time and totally randomly. I love this little dude! It was after a whole lot of heartache and trials to finally meet him and I'm so happy that God gave him to us to love and teach.
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Good luck with homeschooling & a great convention & prayers for easy nap times, it's definately extra difficult when the little ones won't nap.
I'm debating homeschooling as well, hubby thinks that by the time our oldest is ready for school (2 years) we won't have any other choice in the matter, especially as fast as they cut eductaion dollars these days.
the best of luck to you as you start this journey!
Good Luck at the convention. I wish my ex would consent to homeschooling for our daughter...u are so lucky to have this option open to you. I will pray that the little one will do good while you are gone and not fret too much about the nursing.
Good luck at the convention!! We don't have kids, but the more I hear of home schooling the more I like the idea of it. We'll see I suppose.
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