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Here is Emma in front of a miner's cabin at Fort Humboldt

Emma and Rachael enjoying each other

I am now starting the 4th week of homeschooling. I still feel like I am on a freaky roller coaster. I really want to get on, and then as I am traveling the first hill I desperately want to get off. You know "what the heck am I doing on this thing?" Anyway, as frightening a prospect teaching my children on my own is, I am thrilled to be doing so.





We are still working through the bugs, although everything is starting to feel more organic. We have days where we are doing science experiments, art projects, venturing into the world of Spanish and then there are the days when we just get through some basic workbook stuff. There are so many days that Emma would have missed school with her asthma that we have been able to school at home that she isn't missing anything anymore. I am also seeing a lot of the holes in public education and as I tailor her curriculum to be more well rounded and integrated we are surging ahead again. The learning is now so much more natural and less drilled facts for state test passing. She is learning concepts as a matter of course now and everything is making so much more sense.





Of course I couldn't do what I am doing without my husband who wholeheartedly supports me. He is a very educated man (an engineer with a masters degree) and it makes me feel so good to know that he trusts me to teach my children and prepare them for college, etc. He is my best friend and my hero!





Rachael loves having Emma home and she loves to sit at the table and learn right along with her big sister. Life is good right now. Very busy, but good!
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