Dress Shopping With A Teen

Next Saturday is Hannah's Civil Air Patrol Banquet.

Her first ever formal dance.

And she needs a dress, and that's where the fun begins.

Hannah wants a dress like this...

and I'm like

ummmmmm. NO.

I want a dress like this...

and she's like

ummmmmm NO.

Then we will need to find shoes, and a bag, and jewelry.

My credit card is already crying.

Wish us luck. 

hahahaha

Be blessed,

Debbi

Homeschool Monday - Socialization and The Civil Air Patrol

Like every other homeschooling parent out there, I hear, a lot, that my child needs to socialize.  

Well, it was the lack of social skills from her peers that caused us to remove her from the public school system and homeschool her in the first place.  I'm sure everyone has a bully store, and probably more than one story.  In order for our child to learn good social skills, we involve her in all sorts of activities with people of all ages.  We have a teen group that gets together fairly often for fun and some community service.  She has a few friends that we make the effort to spend time with (that's how you know someone is really a friend, they make time in their life to see you).  She is involved in our church, and attends our Tuesday Morning prayer meeting (which means she gets to see all her "grandparents" lol).  This past Saturday she volunteered at the homeless shelter with our church, and she helps with the younger children during church.  

And now, she has joined The Civil Air Patrol...and is absolutely loving it!

She has made new friends there, from the ages of 13 all the way to early 20's.  The kids are great, and the parents are all involved.   One thing I have noticed with almost every homeschooled child I have ever met, they all know how to carry on a full and interesting conversations, with other kids, and with adults.  So if anyone asks you about socialization...you have much more to offer your child then you might think, things they will never learn in a public school setting.

Tell me, how many of you homeschool, or have thought about it?

Be blessed,

Debbi

Homeschool Monday - Hannah's new room

Well, this may be my last weekly post about homeschooling.  Because, let's face it, we teach and learn everyday, spring summer winter and fall.  And since Hannah has done fairly well this year (we haven't locked her in the closet, or sent her to military school, and that's a good thing) AND she has kept her bedroom mostly clean, she gets to re-decorate it this summer.  So I thought I would take a peek at what Pinterest has in the way of ideas for teen girl rooms.

 

 

She has already said she wants to do at least one wall in chalkboard paint.  (I'd enjoy that in my room too.  But Chuck?  Probably not so much, hahaha)

 

 

Here's a great use of space, but our ceilings aren't very high.  I did something like this when I was a teen, I just took 2 dressers and the laid my box spring and mattress over the top.  I hung a blanket too, so I had a great place for reading....

 

 

Here's a cool way to store your nail polish.

 

 

I better hide my vintage wooden hangers.

 

 

Isn't this swinging bed TOTALLY AWESOME??  I better hide this from her or she'll bat her eyelashes and put Daddy to work. hahaha

 

Ok, now it's time for me to get back to work.  Someone's got to pay for the new digs. :0)

 

Be blessed,

Debbi