School??

I can't believe what kind of winter we've had this year.  Doug told me awhile back that according to the Farmer's Almanac, it was supposed to be a snowy winter, with more snow in February.  I made fun of him because I didn't even know he had access to a Farmer's Almanac, let alone his sudden interest in weather prophecy.  Well, I guess I should eat my words now because it HAS been a snowy winter.  Thankfully, our school district has had enough snow days in the bank to cover us so far.  All of this being said, it has been such a blessing to us.  I've thought about homeschooling since M1 was in preschool.  I'm a certified teacher and taught school for several years before becoming a Mommy, so teaching is what I genuinely LOVE to do.  I didn't homeschool because I had just given birth to M2 and didn't want M1 to just be home caring for a baby all day.  I was afraid I wouldn't be able to give her the outside curriculum (co-op opportunities, group gatherings, field trips, etc...) that she needed.  Well, these snow days have given me the homeschool "bug" again.  We've been working on school-work these days and I LOVE it.  She is loving it as well!  More and more families seem to be joining the homeschool world so it's much easier to find a homeschool group to be part of.  There are still lots of decisions that need to be made, but I'm willing to take it a year at a time and see how it goes.  We'll see...