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We started school yes­ter­day.  At home.  At the kids request.  They wanted to start NOW.  They appar­ently really like learn­ing, crazy I know.

It went really well.  We found a good rhythm.  We did some things in the morn­ing, then we ate our lunch & after had our out­door time in the beau­ti­ful weather that has rolled into town this week.  After our out­door time we did some of our other learn­ing activ­i­ties & the day moved smoothly with more out­door time in the later after­noon.  Every­one worked well together & I was able to work with each of the three kids who are school­ing one-on-one.  I also was able to have my own down time carved out through out the entire day.

Over­all, it was a big suc­cess. I know that it won’t be a per­fect day every­day, but it started off on the right foot.  A big plus for any school expe­ri­ence.  I’m sure we’ll tweak & change things as the year moves for­ward espe­cially as the kids activ­i­ties start up again.  But I’m happy about the first day going so wonderfully.

Yet, I have to admit that I am sad that the next two weeks isn’t unpack­ing school uni­forms, tak­ing care of back to school lists & get­ting ready for the back to school gath­er­ings at our parish school.  Even though I know this is the best deci­sion for our chil­dren & our fam­ily after con­sid­er­ing all the other options avail­able this year (the kids talk about it as an adven­ture!), I’ve come to real­ize that I’m also hav­ing a hard time say­ing good-bye to the year that isn’t happening.

But then I remind myself I’m get­ting to say yes to the year that is going to hap­pen & that is a pretty good thing.  Spend­ing time together, learn­ing together shar­ing those moments as a fam­ily & I get to do it bare­foot with a cup of cof­fee in hand if I want.  That’s pretty sweet.

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