Kardelen's Thoughts About Homeschooling

I've been working on a post about homeschooling, as I've been thinking about it a lot lately. But while I was writing, a little girl came up to me and asked to help. Here's the little interview we did together so she could "help" me write about homeschooling. :) (In case you're wondering, she's basically four-and-a-half and will start preschool in the fall--more on that later.)

Mom: Kardelen, what do you think about homeschooling?
Kardelen: We are kind-of homeschooling [already].

Mom: What do you like to learn about?
Kardelen: I want to learn about monkeys, and that's it what I want to learn about.

Mom: What kinds of things do you want to do when we start homeschooling?
Kardelen: I want to learn how to play violin.
Mom: Do you want to go on field trips?
Kardelen: Yes. Long ones. But not too long.
Mom: What do you mean, not too long?
Kardelen: Not as long as when we go to Africa or Kalamazoo, but just long field trips.
Mom: Where do you want to go?
Kardelen: I just want to be surprised by the field trips.

Mom: Okay, one more question for you. What do you want Daddy to teach you when we homeschool?
Kardelen: Stickers and ducks and bikes.

Okay, Jacob, better start prepping those lesson plans! :)

Kardelen: Yes. I'm going to press the delete button so I can delete the Mom part.
Mom: Okay, kid, time to be done. :)

More on homeschooling later!

Why My Husband is a Superhero

A non-exhaustive list of just a few of the reasons why I call Jacob SuperHusband.

1. He looks good in a ninja mask. Maybe ninjas aren't really superheroes--but close enough for me.

2. He is always supportive of what I'm doing. When I started running, he put a pedometer in my Easter basket so I could track the distance of my runs. I mentioned getting running shoes, and he started researching them for me.

3. He is king of the grill. Actually, he's better at cooking almost everything. (I do the baking.) He tells me he's flipped more burgers than I am old. Probably thousands, actually. (And I'm not nearly that old.)

4. He once broke a door down and put out a fire to save a house from burning. Really! The fireman who came to the site said if the fire had been allowed to burn for five more minutes, the whole house would have gone up in flames. My superhero hubby.

5. Tonight, when my bathwater ran cold halfway through my bath, he boiled water on the stovetop for me.

And if saving homes and heating bathwater are not enough, whenever I have a hard day, he buys me Ghirardelli chocolate.

Sorry ladies, he's already taken.

:)