Unexpected Spring Break

One of the great benefits of home schooling is making your own calendar.  Right? We love being able to schedule vacations around our family needs or wants as well as my desire to avoid crowds.  We normally schedule a nice big vacation in the fall when everybody is in school.  For spring break, I try and pick a not so busy Florida week and always opposite of the local school district schedule.  I just like the feeling of having the town to myself.  Is that so wrong?




Spring has Sprung

This year, we took an unexpected spring break and it was the same week as our school district.  Yikes!  Because the kids have cousins and friends in public school there were just too many opportunities to catch up with them instead of trying focus on school.  Ahhhhhhh flexibility. Florida home schooling is wonderful.  With limited restrictions it truly puts the parent in charge.  I hear from parents at conferences every year about certain hours or days they have to register and log and certify and it is head spinning.  I am very thankful!


So, to kick off our surprise spring break during C.J's weekly Boy Scout meeting, us girls had an American Girl meeting for our American Girl Club that we started this month and we made hair bows for our dolls and a few for us girls too!  It was great.  Muffins, juice, bows and a discussion about suffrage since our feature girl is Samantha Parkington.



Our American Girl Club

If that wasn't enough, around 9:45 PM we decided it was a great night for some night swimming!  Again, gotta love Florida!  Sorry for my Pennsylvania family snowed in! 



Night Swimming!

We are really excited for our impromptu break and we have big plans.  A beach party and tennis tomorrow with (gulp) 12 kiddos, gymnastics party, museums and an orange grove tour!  I'll post those activities later in the week.