Summer is officially here and I bet you are looking forward to some family down time {and maybe some apple pie}!  Although, this summer represents something very different for my family!  I put an exclamation at the end of that sentence because it is with joy we have finally, with discerning hearts, decided to homeschool our 10 year old daughter.

I have always admired homeschooling families, and I am attracted to the principles of homeschooling.  I even considered it when our daughter was 4 years old.  However, it wasn’t until this year when Adriana was persistent in her asking {begging} to be homeschooled that my husband and I really heeded her aspirations.

She had some very valid points that we discussed as a family, and we all decided to pray about it and see if it was God’s plan.  Whether you are a believer or not, I don’t want to get all religious on you as this was our experience to tell.  There is something to be said about praying with intention and being watchful.

I kid you not, things started transpiring in a supernatural way in a very short amount of time.  I adored our school and never had the inkling we would ever leave. Every time I thought there was no way I was equipped or cerebral enough to teach my child, I would meet someone that was homeschooling who would prove me wrong in our conversations.

I actually woke up one morning with peace and excitement after the roller coaster ride of emotions the night before that had me at “scared to death” and “no way are we doing this!”  I have to admit, I felt a little mental waking up like that with a changed heart.

I know it was only a super natural happening and not my human self because the peace I felt was the confirmation we needed to do this thing called homeschool!  Still not knowing what that might look like for our family, we officially made that brave decision.

Within days of that decision, my husband and I were at a charity event, and I ran into a teacher from our school who had left to homeschool a family of 3 kids.  What transpired from there was nothing short of divine intervention!  If I had not bumped into her at that moment, God had us covered because out of a few hundred people, we were sitting at the SAME table!

Statistically not highly probable, but put simply prayers do get answered.  Even though the outcome might not be what we thought…it was even better!  In fact, a few days prior to my “divine intervention run in” I was chatting to a friend who also was considering homeschooling and we flippantly said, “Too bad we couldn’t find  a certified teacher to help guide us.” Can I get an AMEN, please!?

Anyway, our summer will be short with our new schedule of staring in mid July but we are so grateful we get to be hands-on with our daughter’s education and nurture her passions of science, literature, dance and culinary aspirations too!  So stay tuned for updates and stories that we will graciously share.

To celebrate summer, my daughter and I made these adorable little apple pies, her favorite!  On Adriana’s 3rd Birthday, after she just blew out her candles, my husband was filming her and asked a very deep question (yes he is way too brainy for me).  He asked her, “Now that your three years old, what is the most important thing you want to do with your life?”  After a 3 second hesitation she blurted out,  “Eat apple pie!”

It indeed is a very important task to eat a warm, sweet apple pie.

 

With a Spoonful of Health,

 

 

 

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