I wish I'd have known this starting out. I wish I'd have known that it's actually LESS work to just homeschool your child, than to be an "involved parent" at school.
We've enjoyed elementary school with our older boys. *Most* of the teachers were actually pretty competent and caring (the others, I save for another blog post, another day...). We had the children involved in extra activities like the Spanish Club or Service Club, or choir, and they got a fair bit out of the experience.
But it's a LOT of work.
You get about a ton of worksheets that must be done by a certain time. Usually on a day when you're sick or have no time. You get the phone calls about this or that, and about a zillion sheets per day that sometimes contain important news, so you MUST go through them daily. The schools also *love* to throw in half days, teacher in-service days and early dismissals. Not so bad, unless you have children at more than one school and the schedu…
Our cat is older and doesn't groom herself very well... it was just time. Thanks, D!! You can't beat free cat-grooming. He used the same home hair-cutting kit I use on the boys. I suppose it's kinda gross to use the same kit for people and animals, but I'm figuring we bathe afterwards, right?
I'm sure you're fine. (Americans are far too sanitary for their own good, anyway.)
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lol. I use the nit comb to groom our cat. He thinks that's what he keeps us for!
ReplyDeleteA, thanks for that comment! Because I'm not caring if Woodjie eats his hair during his haircut, so long as it distracts him while I'm cutting near his pretty blue eyes!!
ReplyDeleteGaneida, my cat's kinda self-centered that way, too. :]
Except bummer for us we've never gotten nits!
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