School days begin...

My two very handsome boys.

Checking themselves out in the mirror!

The end of a season and a new one begins.

Our two year homeschooling journey was a challenge in many ways, however I look back with fondness over the many delightful days we had, many of them I captured here. In fact one of the reasons I started this blog was to share with family and friends what we were learning in our days together.
It was an important time to have and I don't regret stepping out like we did...it certainly was way out of my comfort zone, but I have learned that His grace is totally sufficient for me, and I will always look upon this time as a gift I gave to my boys, it was a time to enjoy each other, to learn together, to take the pressure off and spend more time discovering nature, drawing and laughing.Throughout the journey I think I always knew it was just for a time, the constant questioning 'am I doing this right', the isolation I sometimes felt, the special needs of my son I longed for some support with, kept coming up. As I laid these cares down at the Fathers feet, He began to show me, allow me to begin to take this step of the boys entering school. Heart breaking along the way though as I totally believe in the heart of homeschooling.

So here we are day 1 and I'm celebrating - God's goodness to us as He took care of them so well that Sebastian's first comment was 'my day was perfect'! and Caleb's comment was 'I had a beautiful day' My jaw dropped as it wasn't a pretty start to the day with Sebastian falling apart the moment he entered the classroom. I cried a river for much of the day, so you can imagine my shock and relief over their responses to their days, it can only be our God.