This is why we do it...

There are a thousand reasons to school at home, but this is one of my favorites.  A lunchtime snuggle with Daddy!  He works twenty-four hour shifts and often needs naps when he's home.  He was gone over ninety hours this week between work and EMS classes he was teaching.  He misses his kids when he's gone, and they miss him.  So, I don't mind letting Miss M take a longer lunch break if it means she can snuggle up with her daddy on the couch.  They are like two peas in a pod, two sides of the same coin.  And they need their time together.  Miss M and I can do her math on Saturday (and we have!) if need be.  We can finish up our English at four o'clock if that's what works best for our day.  We can do two social studies lessons in one morning if we missed one the day before.  That's why this school plan fits our lives.  Some may consider this to be haphazard or disorganized.  Maybe it is.  But I prefer to look at it as fluid and flexible, a way to make room for real life.  A schedule is important.  But so is a daddy's hug.