School Update

We had a great year homeschooling. I would not have chanced our decision to do it. I think with the extra year at home Owen gained more confidence in him and has opened up a little more. The biggest down fall for me was the lack of socialization – a lot of homeschooling families are flakey!! If they showed up at all it would be very late, like hours late- to me punctuality is very important and I think its extremely rude when people feel that they can show up hours late. With that said, we decided to enroll both Emma and Owen at our small local Christian School in Ventura. Emma will be attending (Pre-K) M-F 8am-1pm and Owen will be attending (2^nd grade) 8am-3pm. The days are longer than I would like, I sure will miss them but given our choices of schools we feel that it is the best fit for our children. The school actually goes all the way through High School. There are a few families that live in Ojai so we are hoping to make some new local friends. Emma is very excited to start, Owen has accepted it but I would not say that he is excited about it. School is school. We have met both teachers and I feel that both kids will have a wonderful year. We will keep you posted! School starts August 21^st!