Hello! Michelle here.. wife/life partner of my husband James, and mother of 6 wonderful children. They are, ages, J/13.5/male, T/12/male, S/10/female, A/8/male, J/5.5/female, and N/3/male.
We are quite the eclectic, out of the box family! Our marriage is anything but typical. Our kids choose their own paths in their lives, as dh and I are privileged to do the same.
Our oldest child freely chooses to attend public school. He was homeschooled until 6th grade, then went to ps in 7th and is finishing 8th there... Our 12, 8, and 3 year olds resist structure/schoolwork, so they unschool... living/learning simultaneously from their passions.
Their favorite hobbies are clay art, drawing, creating societies and governments in their self-made game, TOWN, in our basement... playing board and video games, using the computer, spending hours outside on our trampoline, in their grandma's 2 acre woods, that they walk to just down the street.....playing in our backyard in the stream, swinging on a rope swing Travis put up by climbing the tree.... riding their bikes, scooters, skates, and skateboards.... taking walks with our dog, swinging on the gymnastic ropes hanging from our basement rafters, playing pretend, making up stores, making experiment foods, and real foods, learning to measure substances.... designing, cutting out, finishing, and decorating Wooden Art... cleaning our house when they really want to help, playing in the snow, playing with their cousins, making up amazing MadLibs (have to have a knowledge of the English language to do that!)... Word Searches (my 8 year old loves them)... traveling, watching science and history documentaries, cooking shows, and reality game shows, architectural design (drawing house plans)....playing flashlight tag, family camping and bonfires.... I could go on and on.... our girls, ages 10 and 5, enjoy doing schoolwork as well, and do an online academy during the school year.
My husbands and my own interests are as wide and varied as our childrens. He is an advertising and sales manager professionally, who loves his two motorcycles, his road bicycle, walks in the woods, walks with our dog, collecting random bits of knowledge, trying new beers.. and so much more..
My interests include, but are not limited to, midwifery... being a doula.... unschooling... spirituality... my kids lives.... traveling..... being with my husband alone.... playing Rock Band/Guitar Hero with my family and the kids friends and our adult friends..... treating everyone the same, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation.... pastry art, wedding/birthday cakes, cooking with herbs, cleaning with herbal supplies, making my own laundry soap and baby wipes, EC, and so much more....
So there's something about us, The Schooling Family... reach me at justmemomof6@gmail.com to find out more... :) Peace.
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