Riding Day

Parents of home educated children tend to worry alot about spending
time wisely.


Sometimes I worry about our Mondays and Tuesdays.

These two days are totally devoted to horses and Uncle Rick.

We get absolutely ZERO Math & English done and to be honest-
there are days when I think the kids should be learning instead of riding.

I wonder if we are teaching them that an education is important
When we let them have 2 days a week off.....

So sometimes I hang out during the lessons just to ease my troubled mind.



Every now and then I am lucky enough to be able to take a few pictures and today was one of those days.

It was COLD and RAINY and I was MISERABLE
but this is what I saw.



(1)Austin

(2)Susan

(3)Liv

(4)Eden

(5)Caleb

(6)Hannah & Liv

(7)Alec & T

(8)K.K.

No one else was miserable.

No one else was complaining about the cold, or the rain ,or the dust,

or the stinky horses...they all just had big ole' smiles plastered across their faces.....

Kinda like that Cat in Alice In Wonderland...you know the sneaky one.

Yeah, they all know that they probably should be doing Math or English.

After all, that is what every other kid in the county is doing at 10 o'clock

in the morning....but why be like every other kid when you can be a cowboy?

These kids aren't wasting time.

They are working hard to be good at something they enjoy.

They are committed.

Rain,Shine,Hot,Cold..they are out there...working, helping, sharing,talking,laughing,running...all of them...together.

So now I'm not feelin' so guilty about the whole"No Math On Monday or Tuesday"thing.

I'm thinking 20 years from now you couldn't give them a million dollars to tell you what they did on Wednesdays...but I bet you every single one of these kids will be able to tell you what they did on Mondays and Tuesdays....I guess that's how you know if your doing the right thing.

I think we are.

PEACE.