ever since my last post here, i have been struggling with my conflict about my son's education. this is chronicled in our homeschool blog, and i won't rehash the whole thing here, except to say that we followed our instincts and have removed ourselves from the government schools.

it feels good. it is very freeing. a bit scary, though, too. and i am filled with an overwhelming urge to 'get it all done now' and to show everybody just how well this is going to work by diving right in. and in this, i am losing sight of my purpose, which is to nurture my son's innate desire for knowledge, and find out who he is & what it is that he finds interesting. it is not to have a full list of 4 hours a day of documented materials covered. that is their game, and i don't want to play it.

and so, i let my creative spirit play some tonight. i envisioned decorating his corner of the living room. i envisioned researching archery equipment & taking a field trip to dick's. i remembered that screw that we need to replace on his trailer bike, and saw us biking to home depot to find one that would fit.

there are a lot of adventures to be had, and i want them to read more like poohbear than a tax form.