Well it is Saturday night, glass of red in hand (when not typing on an iPad - v inefficient), watching the Ashes with hubby.
First time in ages I can truly say I am relaxing.
What has been going on? Well, all, sit down when you read this, the last four weeks have culminated in a huge decision for Damien and I and our boys.
We have decided to homeschool our children and I am deliriously happy.
I am not sure if I have the motivation and energy tonight to explain this decision in full. But it has brought a number of areas of our life that didn't sit well with us together and have been addressed.
Firstly, I guess, I had started to feel this dread of the routine of my weeks, stretching ahead of me for the next 18 years. I am, as my mother expressed, anti establishment so this running to the tune of a school bell didn't sit right. School, extra curricular after school, bath, dinner, bed and then wake up and do it all again was a drudge I never enjoyed.
Secondly, I missed my Tom. I don't want to send him away from me six hours a day. In the three weeks we have been trialling this we have grown so much closer together and we both love it. Like, really love it. It is a joy.
Tom had also lost his mojo. He was apathetic about school. He had lost his natural curiosity and enthusiasm for learning. It has come back now with such a vengeance we have to tell him to stop asking questions as he has to go to bed! Joy, again.
The boys have had to and are learning to get along better. They are building their relationship. Our family is regrouping. Getting closer together. Family is the most important thing to me. Home schooling sits right with me in growing the strength of our relationships. Sooooo not all sunshine and roses but it is improving.
My last few weeks I have been up until all hours of the morning... Researching.... Researching. Curriculum. Homeschool blogs.
We have registered with Education Queensland. We are waiting their ok of my curriculum.
But I am so happy. I love having my Tom with me all day. I love the curriculum I have chosen, especially spelling - Tom's nemesis - now his favorite subject, if I wasn't atheist I would thank god.
So huge decision, and no I don't have two heads. And my days are more free, there is more play for the boys and why on Earth has it taken me so long to make this decision?
More details to follow with lots of homeschool piccys.
