today is our last day of homeschooling. i am so happy about it. we are having a celebration, complete with cheesy little award certificates that i filled out last night. of course, the real awards are books, always books, for summer reading. we are having a celebration meal: pasta with puttanesca sauce (in honor of the baudelaires, who have moved in with us this spring), blueberry izzes, and brownies. we just have a little work to finish up this morning and then we can celebrate.

i have been asked a lot lately if i am going to continue to homeschool. this spring has been my first season as a homeschooler and we have had a lot of ups and downs. i feel unsure about a lot of things. i can’t even articulate exactly why i love it and why i hate it, but there are definitely reasons for both. overall, i think that it has been a good decision, but i need a little distance from it to think clearly about it. that is why i will not be deciding today or even tomorrow what we are doing next year. today we celebrate and tomorrrow we swim, sleep and read. blessed summer! bring it on.