And the journey begins..........

    As of last week we were officially accepted into our homeschool cover school that we were hoping to get into. I stressed over that way more than necessary as I do about everything, but WE MADE IT! Now I get to start the journey through curriculum and I am slightly overwhelmed by where to start and what to do, but thanks to all the amazing women out there who have already made blogs about this sort I have somewhere to turn. Our cover school let me know that for a 2nd grader curriculum is not all that necessary. I mean look at the how much you can learn and all the information you can gather from the internet. So I am considering not buying very much and making my own from free resources. 

  In order to decide what Trey is going to learn this year I asked him what he was interested in and what he thinks he would enjoy knowing more about. Here are his answers.

1. Benjamin Franklin

2. China

3. How to ride a skateboard

4. Spanish

5. Goats

6. How to play a guitar

7. Gardening 

So guess what we are going to be learning about this year! That's right I am going to be one of those crazy ladies who lets their childs interest pave the way for their future. Now I know that he didn't list learn my multiplication tables anywhere in there but I think I may throw it in for good measure. 

What am I saying it's summer no time to worry about all of this we should be outside playing not stressing over school! There is plenty of time to do that when the weather isn't this nice. 

How this came to be.......

    When I was in 7th grade my parents decided to pull me out of public school and homeschool me. I was not very happy with their decision and to this day I feel like I missed out on so many high school experiences. Well here it is all these years later and I am making the decision to pull my son out of public school. It's not that I don't think teachers are doing their jobs it's just that I don't think it is someone else's job to raise my child. Between school and ball practice's I feel that I am leaving it up to the world to raise and watch after him when it really is my and my family's job to raise him the way we think he should be raised. God has given us these children for only a short time so I fully intend to enjoy my time with mine. Now I know that I could be making the wrong decision but I really feel that this is what we are meant to do. I hope that 20 years from now Trey will look back on his homeschool experience and have a completely different experience from what I had. A lot has changed since I was a kid so I hope it will all work out well for us. I hope you all enjoy our trip down this road and maybe we can inspire and help others as I know other blogs have helped me. 

   My goal for this blog to show you all the wonderful things that we do and how we help each other learn. Trey is an amazing child and I am not just saying that because he is mine. I hope you enjoy our journey as we start off 2nd grade together and as we explore what the world has to offer us. 

These are a few of Trey's favorite things!

Color - Green

Cartoon - Tom and Jerry

Food - Pizza

Animal - Camel

Video Game - Sonic

Board Game - Sorry Sliders

Drink - Sprite

Book - The Bible

Flower -  Sunflower

Place - Disney

Toy - Batman Action Figure

Star Wars Character - R2 D2

Fruit - Strawberry

Song - Mario Theme Song

Age - 6

Sport - Soccer
Movie - Wreck it Ralph
Disney Character - Mickey Mouse
Dinosaur - T-Rex

Thinking hard on his answers.