Did somebody say "field trips" ?

I am quickly finding out that the whole "but they won't be socialized" argument just does not hold water. Let me start off by saying that when I mention to anyone that we have chosen to homeschool, I can honestly tell you that about 80 percent of the people give me that argument. It comes in various phrases, but always includes the words "wonder" "getting" "social". My comeback is usually something like this, "Yea, last year my daughter spent 6 hours a day in one room with a bunch of kids exactly her same age, and she was only allowed to talk/socialize during lunch and recess. Don't know how I'm going to top that one"

Do people not know how ridiculous it sounds when they bring the whole socialization thing up? I would hope that one day when my daughter is in the work force, she does not sit in a 20 x 20 room with 25 people exactly her same age , and a boss looking over her shoulder to make sure she is only having conversations at lunch. And really....lets be honest here. Is it every parent's dream to have the public school system "socialize" our kids? I think not.

So last week, we went to the Krispy Kreme donut factory. This wasn't the donut shop down the street--it was an actual factory! The kids thought the process was cool, but of course thought the coolest part was getting to take home a bag of donuts as a souvenir! Here's a couple of pix of Greyson and Sophie at the end of the conveyor!

Here is a little video we took. Not much, but there was a fine layer of donut glaze covering the factory floor so I was trying to stay steady and keep an eye on the kiddos too. :-)

We missed the field trip to Wannado City today, but will be on the road bright and early tomorrow headed to St. Augustine to see a couple of historical Spanish forts as well as other interesting places in the nation's oldest city. They are supposed to do a weapons demonstration tomorrow afternoon at one of the forts, I know Greyson will love that.

Looking at our calendar so far, we will be taking more field trips this year than most kids do in 12 years of regular schooling. That being said, I highly doubt that they will be hermit crabs by the time May rolls around. I guess we'll see. :-)