Annika and homeschool
My nine year old has been hinting (iin other words, begging in a way that doesn't make my nerve endings fire erratically) about joining our ever-growing homeschool group. I guess she feels left out. Today, she limped downstairs for breakfast, her pants leg rolled up, her eyes a semblance of a puppy whose legs have been the victims of a hit and run incident. I asked her what the dea was and she reported that she was officially maimed and would be unable to attend school. Mind you, the injury happened when she slipped while running around a pool (some lessons don't stick too well), and after 5 minutes of complaining, she was out running 100 yard dashes and playing football with her brothers and 5 other kids. I knew where this sob story was headed and called her on it. She said she wanted to homeschool for one day. She loves schools (other than Monday's) and is such a social butterfly, she'd wilt out of the shade of her pack of friends. When I asked her if she wanted to homeschool the rest of the year she responded with a resounding NO! I pretty much said homeschool isn't one of those off and on things. If she wanted to homeschool, she'd have to commit for the year. So off to school she went,completely limp-free.