Cyndie
Cyndie Kimball lives and learns with her busy 3 (21 yrs, 19 yrs, 14 yrs) in the heartland of MO. She is a budding fiber artist with more ideas in her head than ever come to fruition.
We started homeschooling in the summer of 1993 as my oldest was entering 3rd grade, our middle was entering 1st grade and our youngest was turning 2 yrs old. Until that time, we had been heavily involved in the Waldorf school that my older two attended through 2nd and kindergarten, respectively. At the start of our homeschooling journey, we were more structured trying to replicate Waldorf school at home. But I quickly came to realize that our path was to become more eclectic and we gradually moved more and more towards Unschooling....
I believe it is more than okay for you to enjoy being with your teen-aged children and for them to enjoy being with parents/family. I believe it is more than okay for siblings to be best friends....
Last summer, I took a fiber arts workshop that had me once again sitting in front of my spinning wheel. My wheel has been a lovely piece of furniture for about 6 years now so it would be nice if I ever learned to actually use it! I did finally get the hang of using my wheel at that workshop but only after we discovered that the drive band was slipping and needed to be changed from a slippery cord to a cotton thread which prevented the slipping....
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