Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut. Sometimes You Don't.

Fairly Odd Mother. Where did that come from? My super-smart husband came up with it.  I hope it was a compliment.

So you've got three kids. Was the transition from 1-2 or 2-3 harder? When I had my second child, I quit working, so I traded in one “baby” for another.  Having a second child was just more juggling, more diapers and more tears.  But, I wasn’t quite as freaked out the second time around. I had already lost my mind when I had my third child---my firstborn was not even 4 years old---so, again, not too much of an adjustment.  As long as I count heads (1-2-3) all day long, I can keep track of them. Instead, I found going from 0 to 1 to be the hardest of all.  We had a bumpy beginning as I learned how to adjust to ‘mama hood’.

How did your decision to homeschool come about? There were so many things that factored into my decision that you’d be asleep before you finished reading them.  Let’s just say that the lifestyle seemed interesting to me, so I borrowed a book from the library called “Teach Your Own” by John Holt.  After reading this, it was hard to think of any other option.  I have plenty of days where I need to go outside and scream for a moment, but I had those days before I had kids too. My husband thinks it is how I avoid going back to work (because, you know, being home with three kids all day isn’t ‘work’).

You knew Mom-101 before she was an uber famous blogger. Any good juice on her? (heh) The one thing that still makes me laugh and shake my head in disbelief is that when we met for the first time (in October of ’91 or ’92?), she was dressed like a member of Kris Kross.

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