Introduction

This is the first year I have homeschooled any of my children. Although, I was homeschooled in 2nd grade and from 8 grade until I took my GED at age 17. My husband was also homeschooled from K-5 grades. So, the idea of homeschooling was not foreign to me. In fact, I was very comfortable with the idea of homeschooling with one exception: I didn't want to be the one home with my children.

I am a homemaker with a degree in business economics, and many times I have said that if I hadn't met my husband in college, I would have been a very happy and successful business woman. You might think I was a little naive and overconfident. You might think right. I love my children, but it took me years to be happy as a mother. I had let myself feel inferior to the women with perfect homes, hair, and Honda Odysseys. As my children have grown and multiplied to 4, I finally feel happy in my own skin, habits, and mini van. I also have great support from my husband. So armed with determination and saxon math books, I have started homeschooling my DD in the 3rd grade. I have put my DS in public school in the 1st grade. I also have a DD who is starting kindergarten, and a DD who is 3 and is providing me much learning in patience and multitasking with this new adventure.