Hi! Welcome to Day One of See Me Homeschool and to a very ordinary day in my own Western New York based homeschool happenings!
I've been so excited about this blog hop and link-up for a while and it's finally here! While the point truly is to give readers an insider glimpse into a typical homeschool day, I feel like you're in for a bit of a let down here with this post - I chose to photo-record last Thursday and let me tell you, it was so very ordinary. If the account of my day bores you to the point of tears, know that you've really and truly been given the privilege of seeing the real thing. I could have staged drama and flair, but it just wasn't that kind of a day, and I wanted to show you the reality. It wasn't anything like one of our best days and it was far from awful. It just was ordinary.
So... this idea of photos only (who came up with that dumb rule anyway???) presented me with some challenges. First of all, even though there are a bazillion photos here, you still don't see it all, so some of it might not even make sense to anyone else but me. It occurred to me this morning that I failed to include a photo of one of the most pivotal moments of every day - a moment, fraught with tension, on the very brink of disaster or success - the moment when my husband walks out the door in the morning. He takes his lunch and doesn't look back............ And I'm left alone. Needless to say, with my mind pre-occupied with the event wherein lies the brink of disaster or success... I missed the photo-op.
Secondly, the photos-only rule was a real exercise in humility for me. For nearly half of the photos I included I was dying to write something along with it - an explanation, an apology, an excuse, a caveat, all the additional info. It look a lot of effort and self control to leave it as it was supposed to be - my day in pictures, no words. You'll have to imagine all the background noise and you'll have to guess at my commentary. And if you have questions about how it all played out - please, I'm begging you, ask me in the comments!!!! Because I'll allow myself to ramble converse as much as I want down there :)
Many other homeschooling moms are going to be sharing their days with you throughout this and next week. Please be sure to check out all of them, as I know that they will all hold something different and valuable. And with any luck, they'll be a little more scintillating than mine ;)
After you immerse yourself in my last Thursday, hop on over to California to Korea to take a look at how Micaela's homeschool day unfolds. Micaela teaches her oldest four and cuddles her newest baby girl :) Recently, I loved what she wrote here and here. Also, don't forget to check out her self interview in her series "How I Homeschool" to learn more about why and how it all goes down in their west coast casa :) As a matter of fact, it was Micaela's series that gave me the idea for this little Internet event in the first place! So, now she's hosting this with me and I'd like to take this opportunity to say, thank you, Micaela!
The complete blog hop schedule is at the end of this post.
BLOG HOP SCHEDULE...
Wednesday, February 18 (Ash Wednesday)
Want to join in? Head back up to the top or here for link-up info :)
