Another week without seeing them...

So Jossilyn's week of chemo is over. Hopefully she will feel up to visitors. Unfortunately, it is supposed to storm this weekend so my mother will not bring the rest of the kids down to the hospital. We have only been home 5 days since January 31st.

I MISS MY KIDS!!!!

Two nights ago I was on the phone talking with them until past midnight. It was fun but so NOT the same as being with them. The next morning my mother called and APOLOGIZED because they were up so late, including 5 year old Kaylin. She "confessed" that they are often up late, though Kaylin is usually asleep by 10:30-11. She also "confessed" to letting Kaylin just fall asleep on the couch or whereever in the living room. LOL I have told her numerous times before that this is how it is with us. Not only is it okay, but it is "normal." Obviously she didn't really believe me. I think the only reason for her "confession" was that I spent quite a bit of time on the phone with Kaylin. She announced that she was feeling very "talkable" and proceeded to be just that.

We have been unschooling for quite awhile now. When Jacob didn't go back to school for third grade, we never did "school at home." Not at all. I just let him loose to do his own thing from the get go. When Kelsey and Kaleb decided to join him at home 5 months later, it was the same way. I will admit that I was not advertising to anyone exactly what we were doing--or not doing, as the case may be. My family flipped when I decided to have my babies at home. Again with "extended" breastfeeding. Even more at the idea of homeschooling, let alone UNschooling. (We won't even talk about Kaylin's unassisted birth. )

My parents are learning about unschooling the best way possible. They are LIVING it with five of my amazing children. They (my parents) are so damn lucky! I was somewhat concerned that they would press for the kids to be put in PS or to be doing what looks like schoolwork to them. It wasn't an issue in 2005 because we were in the hospital mostly during the summer. But they seem to be doing okay with it--or maybe they just feel outnumbered.