It looks as though we are going to Go For It!  We found a private school that we really like nearby called "Calvin Christian."  It is the first time we have visited a school with Caleb and found him excited about it.  He looked at me after we peeked into the kindergarten class and said, "this is where I am going to go to school."  And their Pre-school curriculum is exactly what I would choose for Brody.  

I still love the idea of Home-schooling the boys, but see that there are resources out there that they would THRIVE with. And I think that I will thrive as a mother, utilizing those resources as well.  

I've had many people ask me "why home-school" or "why a Private Christian school when there are such stellar public schools within walking distance from your home."  The answer is simple for me:  In our home the boys learn that they are incredibly loved by God, and that God is not only an idea or something to believe or not believe,  but truly present in all we do and think, as well as learn.

Learning this from us is marvelous!  And then it is reinforced at church where their teachers speak the truth of God's love into their hearts.  But when they go to a big school and are taught by teachers and surrounded by children who also share the same world view, a biblical world view, then in these formative years, I believe, they are more apt to fully understand and believe it as well.

And that is what I desire for my boys above all.  

More than our financial comfort; beyond the approval of friends, neighbors, or family; even more than an incredible education from the world's standards (which we desire as well, don't get me wrong) is that we long for our sons to know God as creator over all they are learning, and as the Savior who came to demonstrate His love for them.  

I've learned so much from this year of "home schooling."  I've learned to be more intentional.  I've learned an incredible amount about my very individual sons as well as my (very individual) self.  I had to relinquish my desire to gain the approval of those I love, in order to seek God's approval in this area of my life.  Yes, in so doing I learned a lot about our responsibility as stewards of these marvelous boys who we get to see to manhood.  

Still their head mistress... when they sit, and when they rise, and when they walk along the way...