Today is Labor Day, and we are still homeschooling. As a matter of fact, we homeschooled every day of Cade's summer. Why? Because he wanted to. Also, because he would have been VERY bored had we not done so.
Because of the nature of my husband's military career, we can't just get up and go on vacation. Our family lives many states away, which precludes us from spending time with them. Also, we are very boring people. I won't send my son to a summer camp as I have trust issues and he has a peanut allergy.
So what did we do over the summer? We homeschooled every single day. We also went to the zoo, we went hiking, we went shopping, we went on play dates, and we also did nothing. We'd do homeschool and would spend the rest of the day at home.
He got bored those days, which made me feel guilty. But then I reminded myself that I had to teach my son to map his own days. He had (and still has to) create his own entertainment and amusement. And what is so wrong with being bored anyway? There are many worse things to be than bored.
Still, I felt guilty when I would see pictures on Facebook that featured my friends' families going on vacation, visiting national parks... We do those things too, but just not always during the summer.
Maybe what I need to do is rethink my idea of "summer vacations." Being that we homeschool, we can vacation in any time of the year that we want.
Wheels are turning, now. I think that I am about to plan our next family vacation.
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