Our newest adventure

Our family is getting ready to make some big changes! For those who haven't heard, we are embarking on a brand-new "journey." Or at least we are experimenting with it for a year. I will be closing the preschool after graduation in June. We will taking the kids out of school and doing a combination of home- and road-schooling starting in September. The plan is to head out on a series of month-long (or so) trips over the course of the year and see more of the country. We already have a couple of expeditions semi-planned, but they are all subject to change at this point :-) That is the beauty of having a flexible schedule! Don will be able to work from wherever we are as long as we make sure that we have a reliable wifi signal. We'll come home in between trips so that the kids can see their friends, participate in scouts and other activities, and hang out with family. At the end of the year, we'll reevaluate and see if we want to continue the adventure or settle back into a routine. I'm going to have the kids generally cover the same curriculum material as the kids at school so that they won't have a problem if they re-enter public school the following year. However, we'll be going about it a bit differently. Way fewer worksheets and tests; a lot more projects, experiments, and field trips!
I think that we are now past the nervous stage and have moved on to excited!! Now that we have made the decision, we are ready for the new adventure to begin! We do have some shorter trips planned between now and the fall that will tide us over, though. I will post about them here, so check back if you're interested.
I realize that some people think that we are nuts for doing this. I know that it wouldn't be for everybody, but it seems like the right move for our family and the right time to do it. It certainly wasn't a spur of the moment decision, nor was it made lightly. There has been a lot of agonizing over it (mainly by me, of course) but I am now sure that it will be a wonderful experience for us. I am well aware that we will have days when that RV will seem not so spacious and we will all want to get away from each other. I am sure there will be days when I wonder why I ever thought home-schooling was a good idea. But, I am also sure that we would truly be nuts to pass up the opportunity to spend this time together as a family, experiencing new places every day!