Thursday Thirteen: You Might Be a Homeschooling Family If...

Thirteen Indicators That You Might be a Homeschooling Family

(Warning: Some of these are not for the faint-hearted...or weak-stomached.)

You might be a homeschooling family if...

1. You have ever stopped on the side of the road to investigate -- or at least slowed down to point out -- dead animals on the side of the road. Only the ones that aren't too messed up, of course. Alternately, you might just observe the decomposition process over the course of a few days if said animal is in a frequently traveled area.

2. You regularly get dressed at 5:30...P.M.!

3. School isn't something you take your kids to, it's something you do.

4. You can turn a trip to the grocery store, the bank, or the doctor's office into an educational field trip.

5. You have ever actually gone to a butcher shop just to ask them for a cow's eyeball.

6. Family birthdays are school holidays.

7. The mold growing in your fridge and the rotten, moldy apple on your counter are there on purpose.

8. You've ever mummified a chicken.

9. Every day is "Pajama Day."

10. You know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that ALL of your kids will graduate first in their class (unless, of course, you have twins, triplets, etc.).

11. Teacher In-Service Days can be declared at 8:00 A.M. the day of, without notifying the media, and no one complains.

12. The only reason you would consider the need to take a snow day is because you live in the South and your kids, who rarely see snow, want to go outside and play in it.

13. You can check your son's math paper, give your daughter a spelling test, prepare a meal and feed the dog...simultaneously.

And, for a bonus...you can't imagine life any other way.