How am I doin' so far?

*Insert nervous laughter*

Homeschool adventures...

• Yes, I have chosen to homeschool my daughters, one jam-packed, learn-as-i-go year at a time.
• No, I don't have some fanatical, psycho-conservative plan to shelter my kids and brainwash them into little Jesus clones who take over the world with their highwater pants and strangely isolated senses of humor.
• No, I won't judge you if you are a stay-at-home mom who sends your kids to private or public school.
• No, I won't judge you if you are a working mom who sends your kids to private or public school. You just do you, boo. I'm doing what I think and hope and pray is right for us, and I seriously haven't the time, skills, or credibility to judge anybody else's lifestyle.
• Yes, I think that homeschooling will be the best thing for my kids this year, I am looking forward to learning right along with them.
• No, I haven't looked into co-ops and I don't plan to for this season. Thank you, well-meaning moms and friends, but I'm just playing it low-key for now. If that makes me a failure, well, bomb's away.
• No, I don't have a game plan beyond kindegarten.
• Yes I realize I need to make extra efforts to socialize my kids, encourage athletic activities, and make sure they are meeting xyz benchmarks from here to kingdom come so that they don't feel stunted or left behind or out of the loop or stupid or or or...
• Say it with me: Hakuna Matata.

This is in no way directed at anyone in particular--well that's not true, probably I'm referring to a few individuals, but they'll never be named, and I'm mostly compiling all the snippets of conversations and comments over the course of this past year, so don't worry. I just needed to get that out of the corner of my consciousness. Do I fear that I won't do this right, and some how my girls will miss out on some imperative thing that all little humans must learn to survive life? YES. Do I believe that I have the potential at least to teach a kid how to read, write, add, and subtract? YES. That's about as far as I've gotten, folks. I'll let you know when I figure anything else out.
This was week one:

• Chutes and Ladders
• Flash cards, flash cards, flash cards!
• Helping with baking
• Going to the fair tomorrow(farming education? ehhh, good enough for me)
• Making rainbows
• Story time
• A little assist from my dear friend Nick Jr.

One day at a time...