Homeschooling: From My Point of View

I took some photos from how I see my kids doing school… So here it is, our second week of school. They all look like they just woke up… but at least they are working..

#5 working hard on his preschool page.

See all Done!

Here’s #2 working hard.. I believe that kid needs a haircut.

WOW all these kids need their haircut.

Even my little Lefty #4 is writing his spelling words..

Who says they can’t concentrate? Maybe they could if I’d quit taking their photos and at least get the hair out of their eyes!

Scrapbooking Planner.. oooh I need this!

I want this… Student or Teacher Planner it is handmade by glyndar ( 647

I’m always looking for a good planner to help me keep my homeschool stuff in order. This one is so cute!

Isn’t this cute.. I love the colors and the crocheted flowers. She did such a good job with the details.

Here’s the inside. So cute!

First Day of School Homeschooling Style..

Today was the first day of school at the eBay Queen’s home. In case you didn’t know I homeschool all those kids you see on my blog. I explained to them last night they needed to get up early, and I WOULD be taking their photos.. as you can see only two of the kids really listened. Can you figure out which two?


1st day of homeschool, home schooling, #2 the tall one, #3 in pink, #4 in Spongebob and #5 looking a bit like he got home a half hour ago.


I’m pretty sure this kid just got up..


Looks like someone got the memo on what we were doing this am..


Dressed and ready to go.. Who cares he doesn’t have on shoes (the teacher didn’t either)


Well at least he got a shirt on..

Tamale Fundraiser = Success / Photo Taking = Failure

I was a bit nervous.. I have done some insane things before..

Planned a 2 day Literature Festival with 16 authors and illustrators, Homeschooled obnoxious unruly children, told my husband I wanted 8 children.. drove across the country to follow a man oops.. make that a boy.

But I have never attempted to make dinner for 200 people.

I had lots of help. The entire youth group from our church and the Christian Education team helped… but I was a ball of nerves.

I showed up a bit late to church with 400 tamales, sour cream, 10lbs of taco meat, 5lbs of cheese, 8 tomatoes diced and 3 crock pots. I had planed on being there around 9:45AM.. but I didn’t get there until 10:00AM. I don’t know what I was thinking! I had to get all the tamales heated up and the rice, beans, taco meat etc.. heated!

We plugged the of the stuff in to heat it up.. and we blew a fuse or SOMETHING… none of the plugs worked on the entire wall. We ended up plugging stuff in on the other side of the room and once church was over, moving it to the "Right" side of the room.

Even with all the strange problems, I am happy to report the fundraiser was a success. The Tamales, were heated and the taco bar was hot & cold in the right spots.

Because of all this stuff.. I forgot to take a SINGLE PHOTO! There should be photos of my documented day.. oh well.. there’s always next year. 😉