Mommy's Back To School Night

Friday night, I had a date with a bunch of other "teacher mommies" at the back-to-school kickoff meeting for our local homeschool group.  Met with our small group to talk about possible field trips and social outings for the kids and met with the group as a whole to talk about general business'y things.  It was really interesting.  Not everyone comes to this, but even with only a fraction of the students represented, there were still 150'ish plus people there.  That was mostly just the moms.  And that's just for the metro area and closely surrounding counties.  And this is just one group.  I think HS is a bit larger than I expected.

Anyway, it was nice to see some of the vendors there that came to advertise their business and expertise.  There were boy and girl choirs, Civil Air Patrol, Debate Teams, TeenPact, local gyms, and even the homeschool sports league.  Yep.  That one floored me.  Had no idea it really existed.  They have a basketball and baseball program in place and initiated some football last year.  So that program should be in place by this year.  And they intend to begin a soccer program this year.  I believe I was told that they have a full season's schedule of games, and even some of the local private schools in this area put them on their schedule.  So they're not playing "just" other homeschoolers only.

I was telling some of my friends there that, to me, this means that in a few years, there will be a need for cheerleaders.  Homecoming game of sorts.  And, of course, a Junior/Senior prom.  Ahhhhh.......  and Lok is now in her element.  :-)

It's nice to have all this available.  Really nice.  It makes me extremely grateful to all those parents who homeschooled when homeschooling just wasn't done.  Who did it anyway, even though all the regular activities for school students weren't available.  They paved the way for those of us who are now getting involved, and it makes our life easier.  Thank you.  Even if my kids aren't forever homeschooled, the time that they are HS'd will be easier because people did it when it wasn't all that easy.  Thank you.

And - an extra thank you to MooMoo and GaGa for coming and getting the kids yesterday afternoon.  They had a great time and I appreciated the break so, so much.  Thank you!!!