7pm and I am curled up reading my book...TRYING to finish The Glass Castle which is just the BEST book I have read in a long time...I'm going to send it to my Mum to read when I am done....
Anyway...sat in my big chair reading and I see a car coming up the driveway.....I figure its Derek our drywaller guy coming to do another coat...he said he might....
It wasn't...it was the Mom of the childrens new school friend......her DS is playing in a hockey game tonight and they wondered if Chris would like to go and watch wiith them!!!! Of course Chris was thrilled so off he has gone to watch hockey and won't be back until 11:30pm......
Anyway to many of you this is probably quite normal but to us...well this is sooo great....living on an acreage and homeschooling has meant that friends were widespread across the city...get-togethers have to be arranged and just 'dropping by' doesn't happen......friendships and socialising happens BUT it takes more of an effort...
This is one of the reasons the children are back in school - to meet friends who live just around the corner..friends who can drop by - and DO.....friends they can walk or cycle to.....even when Laurie was at the local public school this didn't happen.....the children just lived too far apart...and weren't the nicest of children......or families (yes I'm being judgmental but they just weren't our 'type'......snob that I am lol!)
I can still see many MANY downsides to schooling.....and still think unschooling is the way to go ideally.......but homeschooling has its downsides too.....nothing is perfect....for now this is working for us and I am feeling very happy with our decision....I think things would be very different if we still lived in the city but living out here on an acreage...not in a subdivision....well I think this is right for us....
The children are really happy right now and that is what matters...who knows what will happen in the future......plans change.....life brings changes and we know unschooling is always an option.
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