ABOUT ME

The title of this blog is the answer to the question I hear most often when I’m out and about with my kids: “Oh, they’re so cute!  Are they twins?”  This despite the fact that my four-year-old son is nearly a head taller than his three-year-old sister.  Oh well, I suppose that’s the price I pay for having two kids who are only fourteen months apart in age!

But the blog isn’t really about the age disparity – it’s meant to document our adventures in homeschooling.  Before I had kids, I never thought of homeschooling as a viable alternative for education – but my husband and I have done a lot of reading on the subject, and decided to give it a try.  Although we are Catholic, we didn’t make this decision for religious reasons – we’re both pretty well-rounded people and don’t plan to raise our kids in a particularly sheltered manner.  Rather, it’s a combination of an intellectual superiority complex (yes, I really do think I can do a better job teaching my children than any public or private school) and a desire to be free of a school-imposed schedule (so we can travel during non-peak times).

I’m currently leaning towards a classical education – I was inspired by The Well-Trained Mind – but it’s early on our journey, so I reserve the right to change my mind once we get deeper into academic subject matter.  Stay tuned!