Happy Valentine's Day!

One of the fun things about homeschooling is that we can choose to take off whatever day we want. Today was one of those days! It's nice to be able to take a day off of *school* in the middle of the week because we'd rather do something else. Of course, I'm of the opinion that children are always learning, whether they are being formally schooled or not (I'm kind of an un-schooler at heart).

Anyway, today we took the kids out to lunch. My kids love a local Chinese restaurant called The Golden Star, and that's where they chose to go. It has been a couple months since we've taken the family out to eat, so this was a rare treat. After lunch we went to Books-A-Million and the kids each picked out a book. We all decided this would be more fun than candy or stuffed animals. (Don't worry, folks, my kids got plenty of Valentine's Day candy from their Granny!)


Mary Jane and Kaden both enjoy drawing, especially Kaden (he spends a lot of time watching drawing tutorials on the internet). Instead of a reading book, both of them chose to buy a learn to draw book. They are pretty neat little books, with lots of interesting things to draw. Even Mom spent time drawing today.


The kids may not have had *formal* schooling today, but I think they learned a lot reading and drawing from their learn to draw books. And the beauty about not having a teacher is that they experience with different techniques all on their own, in order to find one that works with their vision for whatever they are drawing.

And what about Eliza? you ask...

Originally, she went to the bookstore determined to find a book about Caillou. She is obsessed with Caillou right now. We have 22 episodes recorded on our DVR and she watches at least 2 episodes every single day. Unfortunately, our bookstore is rather small, and a Caillou book was not to be found. I was afraid there might be a melt down, but she happily picked out one Ruby and Max book and one Curious George book (Eliza calls him "George the monkey" and Da insists every one else call him this, too!).

Happy Valentine's Day to all! I hope you were able to spend the day with someone you love... ♥♥