Life on the Road

Well, our homeschooling family has been on the road.  Nearly 4 weeks ago, we set out to accompany The Professor on a week trip to Colorado.  That. Was. It.  And 4 weeks later, I am still not home!  Although I was planning on that first week being our official "Spring Break", I still thought to bring some minimal school work, math and language arts.  With so much time on our hands (hmm, forgot that clothing still needs to be washed, meals cooked, dishes washed), how could I possible fill up the entire day with activities?  It turns out we kept pretty busy that first week and true to intent, we did not crack open our books.  Then Professor comes back to the room one evening and announces - "I need to be back here for two straight weeks in another week."  Ugh.  If we would have known that ahead, I would have come out for the two weeks.  It is over 1,000 miles to drive to Colorado from our home, so, not a small trip.  So, he mentioned the children and I traveling to see my dear friend that lives another 1,000 miles away!  What an adventure!  So we traveled to her home, hubby flew back to our Western Home, and the children and I stayed a week.  It was so nice.  We eat the same, live the same, and are close friends, so it was like coming home.  Spring had arrived and it was perfect.  The smells, the colors, the weather.  After a week, we traveled another 1,000 miles to get back to Colorado and we have been here ever since.  The kids are rocking the homeschool work and are very motivated to get their work done.  One boy completed his Math for the year!  So in a few days, we will make the trek back to our Western Home.  I am happy to have spent 3 weeks in the Colorado Rockies and a week in the Midwest with fresh air, sunshine, rain, and snow.  The Western Home is boring sunny all the time and it is nice to have the fresh air and change.