It's all good!

I just have to say I am really liking this "homeschooling thing"!  Yes, I know we are only on week 3, but so far it's all good! 
There are SO many joys of homeschooling!  And some I am sure I have not even had the pleasure of experiencing yet! 
This week's lessons are better and keeping the boys attention more.  I would assume as we go along they will get harder......they need a challenge right now! 
The curriculum gives me choices where I can add activities in or take away things that are too easy.  I am loving the freedom of picking what I know will work for my boys.   And guess what they get to be BOYS!  If they need to get up and walk around...well that is OK!  And wiggle in their chair.  Or stand up to work.  Or even sit on the floor.  FREEDOM!
Each morning they have about 10 minutes/"free time"(as they like to call it)between lessons to use their Cuisenaire Rods.  We work on math with the rods, but they have found they can build letters too. And many other things.
Well this morning during their "free time" I was able to leave them to work and go start laundry.  As I was walking away it hit me the freedom we have with homeschooling.  Granted I was back in less than 3 minutes, but I was able to start a load of laundry and come right back and continue with our lessons.
It was liberating! 
Anyhoo, I am liking this! And the boys are too. 
Our freedom continued as we took our lesson outdoors.  We went on a walk searching for twigs to form letters. 

And on the way back we had the time to stop and check out my Fall mums blooming.  In just a short time they will be exploding with FALL colors!

And of course we still had time to come up our Fall version of Loaded Yogurt.  Vanilla yogurt, sprinkles, candy corn and chocolate chips.  Hey, don't judge!  I will do anything to get Ryan to eat dairy!

It's great to be able to have all this time to get school done and still have free time! 
Time to.....clean toilets--Boo!!!! or try a new recipe.....Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars(I'll share the recipe if it is a keeper)
Freedom, free time, liberating feelings....it's all good!