Your house will be dirty

... if you choose to homeschool.

(Actual un-edited photographs of my living room when I came down for my morning coffee today. Let's normalize being real on the internet, mmkay?)

I am gradually coming to accept this fact, in my sixth total year of homeschooling.  And there are times when I have to just put the blinders on and focus on the things that need focusing.  These things are usually my children's education, the small amount of professional work I'm doing, keeping everyone fed and clothed and driven to their activities, and my own sanity.  There isn't typically room for much else.

I know there are tweaks that could be made to our routine to be a bit more efficient about home cleanliness and maintenance, but sometimes you just don't even have the bandwidth for the tweaks.

Especially when you're in the final six weeks of school and it's going to be a pretty big push just to finish on time with all the other activities you have going on.

So, take this as my warning to you.  Your house will be dirty.

But it will be full of love, laughter, learning, and togetherness.  The kind of togetherness upon which there is a ticking clock as your eldest nears the end of her junior year of high school.

{I will admit, there are also tears and frustrations here and there.  It's not all butterflies.  But still.  Lots of love.}

Just had to get that off my chest... and now, some pictures of lately.

Homeschool roller skating!!

First time hauling our new 29-foot camper behind our SUV!!!  We are now an RV family guys!!!

Weekend at Old Millstream Campground across the road from N's dance competition

A trip to Bird-in-Hand Market between dance numbers

Minecraft movie!!!!

Trip to NYC to see the girls' favorite YouTubers

Breakfast charcuterie prepared by J

Easter fun with family

The Easter Bunny still visits our house

Birds nest cake

Egg hunts with our sweet cousins <3

P.S. our family were so kind and gracious to sit on the floor in our new house because six months after moving in we still don't have a lot of furniture 😬😬😬

Morning math with fluffy Easter pens from our Auntie

An impromptu breakfast ice cream at the beach while waiting to pick up L from babysitting nearby

Marrying Mr. Darcy with popcorn, tea, and a Regency soundtrack

We are heading out for another camping trip this weekend near N's final dance comp of the season!  I can't wait!  So yes, life is imperfect, messy, and we have sure had some struggles this year with adjusting to a new home, but also... so much to be thankful for.  Much love to you, readers!  See you again soon!