A basic review of the entire family (and this blog, along with the earlier version of it) is that we were once a full time camping family! Yes, we lived in an RV with three dogs and a cat for a little over 18 months and homeschooled!!! That also happened to be our first full year of homeschooling. I started the original version of this blog that year as well but for some reason never really got into what it was like to live full time in a camper (maybe a post for another time). Now, we enjoy camping as often as we can but since we're not tent campers (I am too old to sleep on the ground comfortably lol) we haven't been camping in over two years ... we're saving up for a new camper. Hopefully we'll have a new to us camper before summer of 2018 ... but we're not planning on ever living in a camper again, at least not so long as any of the children live with us.
So, we'll begin with me ... Mom. I'm currently 37 years old and my main hobby is crochet. I enjoy teaching my children so much that I plan on eventually getting my teaching degree and teaching other children, preferably in a private school with a little leeway in how I handle the day to day. I also enjoy reading and playing The Sims 3 on the computer ... though I don't play video games as often as I used to. My main goals for the 2017 - 2018 school year are to make learning more fun (we're doing more unit studies this year) and to make sure the campers enjoy learning.
Daddy is 39 this year and has a disability that limits how much he can actually do at any given time. But, you wouldn't notice it most of the time because he's a busy beaver who knows how to pace himself to get what needs to be done done. He works part time outside of the home and some days he enjoys his job while some days he does not. His main hobby is scrapping - he's been doing it on and off for nearly the last decade. He fully supports homeschooling and teaches the campers things like home and car maintenance.
ECJ (Elder Cracker Jack) is currently 15 and will be turning 16 in January of 2018, he's going into tenth grade this school year. He's been diagnosed with ADHD and although he once was on medication for it he's been off of medication since before we began our homeschool journey. His main interests right now include video games and his skateboard. The main thing that he wants to learn this year is to drive a car ... because, you know, teens and driving. He'll be taking driver's education this fall and is very excited about it.
YCJ (Younger Cracker Jack) is 12 right now and facing all the troubles that come with being a twelve year old girl, she's going into sixth grade this school year. Diagnosed dyslexic back in 2010 when she was in public kindergarten she's worked hard at her reading for years now and not let her diagnosis become a crutch. Her main hobby is collecting, and participating in an online community about, Littlest Pet Shops. She's just recently discovered that other girls can be very mean and is trying to learn how to deal with it without taking it completely to heart.
Peanut will be turning 9 in September and she's entering third grade this school year. Peanut has a myriad of diagnosis, one of which (the one that impacts day to day life most) is autism. Her favorite color is pink, favorite subject in school is math, and her favorite animal is horses ... though she'd say unicorn if they existed. She currently enjoys playing with Littlest Pet Shop toys and collecting them. She's only beginning to enjoy spending time on her own, up until the last six months or so she always needed to be playing with one of her siblings or us parents. She's the baby of the family and she knows it too.
Moragon is Daddy's service dog. She's six years old now and we've had her since she was very little. She might seem a bit scary because she's so big but really she's just a giant lap dog.
Shadow is our 16 year old lab mix. He's getting really old for a dog and we cherish each day that we have with him. Mostly he sleeps the day away now.
Lily Cat is our five year old cat, but we've only had her about a year and a half. Yes, she came to us as big as she is now. You'd never guess it by her size but she's really a picky eater ... unless it involves ice cream.
And finally, last but not least, is Sugar Baby. We brought her home from a family that needed to rehome her last year. The girls are still absolutely smitten with her. She enjoys every part of dandelions and eats bananas like their going out of style but won't touch zucchini.
So, that's us. Just a regular homeschooling family sharing our lives with you.
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