It's that time again!"NOT" Back to School

End of science fun

End of week of animal fun

So raise your hands if you are NOT going back to school or not taking out a loan against your home to pay for everything that you HAVE to buy for your kids? NOT rushing around with one of those lists of a million school supplies that your kid probably will not use? NOT having a melt down with back to school shopping in general? Don't you remember doing all those things before you pulled your kiddos out of school? OR if you were lucky enough to be homeschooling since the beginning, then when you were going to school and your parents running around getting all your supplies for school? Well this is just another thing I am so happy that we don't have a set time that we need to run out and get anything! I am not losing my mind trying to make sure that the boys have the latest, coolest fashions, just letting them pick what THEY think is cool to wear.

SO what do you have planned to do for your "NOT" back to school party or get together? We have a Kick Off with our local homeschool groups at the park that everyone brings a dish (AKA potluck) and the kids have fun games to play.The moms can sit back and relax, and we mostly talk about things like the coolest new site for learning compound words, spelling games, our new curricula, or even something fun we are doing like planning field trips. Meanwhile the kiddos are running around playing with friends (getting stinky and sweaty) or playing card games. After this day is over we all retreat back to the AC and I relax, yes again. It's hard chatting about school and life for 4 hours, LOL.

Are you joining any fun Co-ops for this year that you are excited about?  We have one that Alex did last year that is Now going to be on Fridays for World Literature and history with a great friend. He really enjoys the history class not so much with the literature class! (only because he is writing a lot;)  Discover a new planner that makes your life of scheduling a breeze? Still haven't found one that I am in love with OR that my ADD tendencies allow me to do for more than a month. Just my standard pen and paper so I can cross the HELL out of each thing as I get it done!

Maybe you are starting to blog about your homeschooling experiences? I have great inexpensive resource for anyone looking to start blogging, it is a blogging writing course that I took before I started blogging. Some of the stuff I already knew but there was tons I didn't even think about.   Make sure to share your blog in the comments, it is always fun to see what others are doing! (and inquiring minds want to know)