Green light

We have been talking about it.

We have argued back and forth.

I was for it.

He was against it.

I gave up and realized that what he was afraid of was the unknown.

Homeschooling.

So I ordered the curriculum to do after school. I was excited about diving into the adventrue with them, even if it was not full time. I had been reading the Sonlight website obsessively since Chris told me about it last January.

Then Kathy started ordering her books, and I was all “Okay Jody, cr*p or get off the pot”.

Bill was all, “go for it”. So I did.

The kids love it. I love it. It’s a great fit for us.

My 2 oldest want to stay at their schools. They are really happy and have acclimated fantastically. Their schools are excellent.

Quinn, not so much so. My happy little buddy has developed a really bad attitude. When he comes home he is bouncing off the walls and ceiling and will not listen. He is just down right pissy and what I fear is that constant grounding and punishment will just crush his little spirit.

On the weekends, he is our little Quinny again. But then the whole cycle starts over again.

We know what the problem is. It is the school. I won’t go into detail, but will tell you that the first week of school Qunn fell headfirst off of a 10 foot slide and landed on his head. He cried, went to the nurse, she put ice on it and when he stopped crying she sent him back to his room….and never called me. When Quinn came home he was sick to his stomach, his head hurt and he could not stay awake. I thought it had to be a virus as there was no marks of bumps on his head.

He had a concussion, and I went ape nuts on the school when I found out.

Quinn has met some sweet little boys. He loves his teacher. But he is not learning anything there. All of it is stuff he mastered in pre-k 3, pre-k 4 and kinder.

Today we talked at lunch about Quinn, and Bill said he wants to keep him home after Christmas break and homeschool him.

I am relieved, excited, and just plain jazzed out of my mind.

So, Quinn and Mia will be homeschooled at least through 3rd grade.

Now I have to get busy with finding math and LA for them!