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Another BIG change for our family!!! {so excited about our year ahead}

AS IF our family isn’t already making crazy changes in our lives year after year after year–we have yet another one ahead! At the beginning of every year, my husband and I sit down and have a little “state of the family address”. We share things on our hearts for our children. Review the past […]

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erika - July 1, 2011 - 3:12 am

can my kids come to your school?!!!! looks amazing!

Christy - July 1, 2011 - 6:21 am

So happy for you! The room looks amazing – I know you are going to do a phenomonal job teaching them!

Deborah - July 1, 2011 - 7:52 am

What a great opportunity. It will be one of my greatest regrets in life that I didn’t homeschool my children. Love the school room.

Kimberly - July 1, 2011 - 7:55 am

Congratulations! I can taste your excitement from here. Your room looks amazing and I am super excited about the letter writing. I too, am trying to raise writers. We try to have something to send 4-5 times a week. Finding people who will write back is tricky, but my kids have received enough notes to stay encouraged about sticking with it. :-)I am excited to follow your adventure!

Ashley - July 1, 2011 - 8:26 am

Andrea…first of all, that picture is TOO funny! I can’t believe you actually went out and found a “homeschooler” outfit! I love it!! =) Your room is AMAZING! I am so glad you are homeschooling because I know you will have so many awesome ideas that we can all borrow!! You are going to have SO much fun! It really is such a blessing to have them all home. I’m headed to IKEA next weekend to get some stuff for our room, too. Now I have some great ideas (thank you!)

emil - July 1, 2011 - 9:20 am

Welcome to the wonderful world of homeschooling! So much fun. Much to discuss my friend. ๐Ÿ™‚

Lara - July 1, 2011 - 9:52 am

I did a double take when I saw that picture of the homeschooling outfits! I was thinking I might have to fly over there for an intervention! I have the same Ikea bookshelf with the same orange boxes. We use the big ones for costumes in the playroom. Love your homeschool room. It ALMOST made me want to homeschool. But, alas, I am too social a butterfly to spend that much time at home. PS- Hobby Lobby jars are fun! I’m using them to organize our craft supplies.

Jessica - July 1, 2011 - 10:13 am

So excited for you. Although it’s a tough job at times, homeschooling has so blessed our family. We will be homeschooling 5 of our 6 children next year and I’m excited to see what the Lord has in store for us. Have a great year!

jessica

Karen Piwetz - July 1, 2011 - 10:27 am

So excited for you! I began homeschooling about 2 years ago. I have loved it. It has really drawn our family closer together. If you need curriculum suggestions just ask.
BTW do you know the name of the desk you got from IKEA? I could not find it on their site. Thanks

polly - July 1, 2011 - 10:37 am

I am so excited for you friend! I knew you were destined and I’ve been expecting this post for some time now ๐Ÿ˜‰ You will make an excellent homeschool momma….. of all the callings on my life, homeschooling is the most challenging and my absolute favorite of all. It’s not always easy but I could not imagine doing life with my kids any other way. You are going to love it. Praying for you ๐Ÿ™‚ PB

Jessica - July 1, 2011 - 11:14 am

I am amazed that you’ve had the time to work on this room, take care of your kids, and start a new adoption!! You must have superpowers…jk!! I love the homeschooling room…I hope to homeschool my 4 when they come home. Looking forward to getting some tips from you. P.S. we have the same natural baskets from Ikea in our entertainment center(from Ikea)…we like Ikea too!

Monica - July 1, 2011 - 11:21 am

Congratulations on your decision to homeschool! Our family will be starting on this journey as well this year and we are super excited. I will have one in kindergarten and third grade. Your classroom looks awesome!! Great job!! Never been to IKEA..going to have to check them out..love that desk!! ๐Ÿ™‚

Traci - July 1, 2011 - 11:21 am

WOW! That room looks phenomenal! Can you teach my kids too? Me too, for that matter! Best of luck and God’s blessings on your new adventure! You’re a stronger woman than I am! I’m sticking to the idea that our public school needs my children to be the “salt and light.”

Christina - July 1, 2011 - 11:35 am

Girl – congratulations!!!! It’s a crazy journey, but seriously, has that every scared you off before! ๐Ÿ™‚ We are starting our 5th year homeschooling and waiting for our referral and travel dates to Ethiopia that will most likely fall right in the middle of the beginning of our school year! ๐Ÿ™‚ Had this been my first year, I would be panicked, as it is – not a bit! God has called us to both and will make a way! Confident of that! ๐Ÿ™‚ READ READ READ together. PLAY GAMES TOGETHER! ENJOY THEM and learn along side of them! We were finishing up the story of Nate Saint together yesterday and I wept while trying to finish the story. The kids are used to this kind of behavior from me so they weren’t caught off guard. However, I thought to myself, I think I enjoy learning through this home school thing as much as they do! In all seriousness – amazing the results of heart tending throughout the days!

Rory Cookman - July 1, 2011 - 11:36 am

Congratulations! I am sure you will be wonderful!:) We are entering our third year of homeschooling with four littles–7, 4, 2, and 7 months in tow so we can relate a little to the path you’re taking. You won’t regret it.:)

Beth - July 1, 2011 - 1:26 pm

Welcome to the crazy life!!!! I’ll be so excited to follow your journey! And I think I have that very same jumper in my closet:) JK

Debbie Davis - July 1, 2011 - 2:07 pm

We homeschool too and know lots of families who have adopted who homeschool as well. The two seemed to go hand in hand so well. I’m sure you will do an excellent job at it and being able to travel with your husband when he goes on his trips is a huge bonus. I rode to the Created to Care retreat with the woman who is moving there from Knoxville and we talked about homeschooling a lot during the drive down. So fun to have such a huge community of adoptive parents, who also homeschool, and “get” what you are doing and why. And we got our referral a week ago for our daughter so we’ll have a little one home too to shake up life with 5th and 7th grade boys. So excited for your family!

Alison - July 1, 2011 - 5:06 pm

Wow!!! That is awesome, Andrea! You will be the best homeschooling mom!!! And I love their “learning space”…it’s perfect!

Liv - July 1, 2011 - 9:04 pm

Woohoo!! So excited for you! I’ve also been working on our homeschool room (as funds allow) and have been having a blast with it. Definitely interested to hear what curriculum you’ve decided on! I’ve also been having a ton of fun with that ๐Ÿ™‚

Mary - July 1, 2011 - 9:27 pm

You’re going to love homeschooling! We have homeschooled since 2004. My children are now 11 and 9. We use a literature-based unit study approach. It’s called Five in a Row.

Congratulations, too, on Isaac’s finalization. I remember both of our children’s day in court. The judges were thrilled, too.

Kelli - July 1, 2011 - 9:37 pm

In a year, you will be wondering why you didn’t start homeschool earlier! I promise. It’s such a natural extention of parenting!!!

For us- our focus has become learning God’s word, exploring HIS truth, and memorizing scripture. After that- everything else falls into place.

Tiffini - July 1, 2011 - 9:46 pm

Starting our 9th year of homeschooling and wouldn’t change a thing. Your relationships will be blessed beyond belief. I’m so excited for you!

Kelly Johnson - July 1, 2011 - 11:40 pm

Your homeschool room ROCKS! As a former public school teacher, I would have loved to have that classroom! :c) I can’t wait to follow your journey this year. Oh and please post about the curriculum you’re choosing…definitely curious and interested!

Julie Johnston - July 2, 2011 - 1:23 pm

Andrea…you definately should have worn your hair in a bun and put on some white keds for the picture:) He-he! We love, love homeschooling….and our entire house has pretty much turned into the “school room”…..maps and graphs everywhere! Can’t wait to see all of the ideas you give us! And if either of you kiddos want a pen pal who will write them back each week…..I volunteer my 1st and 2nd grader:) Finding other kids to write them back is kind of a challenge!

Dee Dee Aarseth - July 2, 2011 - 8:40 pm

Hi Andrea,

I am not sure if you “know” me or not….but we adopted our daughter Olivia from AGCI as well and I have been following your blog for a long time…I may have commented a few times before. Anyways we are leaving to become missionaries in Ethiopia at the end of the month and I was wondering if you had already filled your 16 friends for your letter writing project? I would love if our kids could be pen pals if that is what you are looking in to doing. It might be fun to send letters and pictures back and forth. Let me know what you think! deedee.aarseth at sim dot org

DeeDee

Jennifer - July 3, 2011 - 2:22 am

Your room looks awesome! I homeschooled our boys for 6 years and it was wonderful. We felt the Lord leading us to put them in public school this year (4th and 7th grade) and they did GREAT! We were always “one year at a time” as well and God of course is so faithful in answering, leading and guiding our decisions! You’ll do GREAT!
Blessings,
Jenny

Denise - July 4, 2011 - 12:30 am

Yeah! Welcome to the Wonderful World of Homeschooling! And WOWZER…. I LOVE the class room! If you can get to a homeschool conference before the school year starts, it can really make a huge helpful difference! Blessings, Denise

amy - July 10, 2011 - 10:32 pm

HI! I came across this post when I googled for basement-homeschooling rooms! LOL! I LOVE your room, and admit, I am a little envious, as we could never get that much finishing done with our basement, but we ARE trying to cosmetically touch it up with what we can afford and do. So, your room has been inspiring and I have to add…I have that SAME SIGN with the verse but mine is above our couch, on a shelf, in our living room. I LOVE it and specifically purchased it just a couple months ago. I love Hobby Lobby too..it’s a fantastic place for unique finds! Your family is beautiful! Blessings!

Carissa - July 22, 2011 - 5:02 pm

Andrea- I LOVE your school room!!! It is perfect. God has certainly gifted you with creativity. Thank you for sharing this with us! I love the ideas. God will give you an incredible year with your kids!

Jamie - August 5, 2011 - 8:51 pm

Hey! I stopped over from topmommyblogs.com and then I saw this post and realized I’ve seen your adoption video on youtube! Small world!

I’m preschool homeschooling my boys right now, and plan to go through high school. Such an adventure.

look forward to following your blog!