"But I thought you were homeschooling?"

I'm getting that question a lot these days. I haven't updated this blog in quite a while, so I thought just as an update, and also as a "mile marker" on this journey, Id write a quick blurb about our recent change.

As our friends and family know, I've been homeschooling our boys for the past 3 years.  There were many reasons for our decision. No point in rehashing here, but basically we felt at that time it was best for our family. Zach was in 2nd grade at the time and had had a terrible school experience.

The past 3 years have been amazing. So many great memories and fun times I will forever cherish with my children. Tyler joined us for kindergarten, and then last year for 1st grade. I've enjoyed watching him learn (he is such an eager learner!) and teaching him to read. I've also been so grateful to watch Zachary grow and mature into the successful young man he is becoming. He has made tremendous progress and his love and exploration of history and drawing has been wonderful to nurture and develop.

And now, after thinking and praying about our options for this year, Will and I have decided to enroll them in public school. After (mistakenly) allowing Zach's IEP to expire, we had him re-evaluated through our school system. We looked at many programs for him and decided on one (an Asperger Program that has main-streaming). The team decided to place him there. Its 7 students in his 5th grade. One teacher and 2 aides. We requested a transfer for Tyler to attend the same school. It was approved. We requested door- to -door bussing for both boys. We got it. Everything has fallen into place.  Even Cori got into the preschool class we wanted after being placed initially onto a long waitlist. We are grateful to the Lord for opening these doors to our family. It is all a series of answers to many prayers over an extensive period of time of searching and considering.

We are not sure how long we will even do this for.... we may be back to homeschooling again in the future. But for this year, we are hopeful it will be a great thing for all of us. For me, for the kids, and for Will.

So I am back to work part time. I'm working for the same architect I did after Zach was born. And after Tyler. And now again. I'll try to keep posting to keep things updated. Hopefully many happy posts to come!