Halloween was like…a Scream, man…

In typical Uber and H-T fashion, Halloween was yet another demonstration of the polar opposites that are my children.  Born only 22 months apart, these two young men might as well have been born 30 light years and 747 planets apart.
Here is the pictorial evidence of the differences in their personalities.  H-T, of course, is [...]

FreeForm Scholar

That’s the name Uber has given himself.  We came to the conclusion that we really dislike the term “unschooling”, and interest-led learning is kind of long and drawn out.  So Uber came up with “FreeForm Scholar,” which I personally adore.
The coolest part?  To commemorate, he has also begun a new blog by the same name [...]

Something Weird This Way Comes

So something eerie has happened to my two sons this week.  This whole interest-led, unstructured approach to learning has had an incredibly strange backlash-effect.
My sons started SETTING THEIR ALARM CLOCKS.  And even weirder, Uber got up three mornings this week BEFORE his alarm clock went off.  Do you know why??
He said he wanted to go…wait [...]

I’m Not Talking To Myself…I’m Having A Parent/Teacher Conference!

Having been a homeschooling family for pretty much all of my sons’ educational careers has left me with a few nagging questions.
There are certain “quirks” my kids have that I never know whether to chalk up to their individual personalities or to the fact that they haven’t had the opportunity to have those idiosyncrasies teased, [...]

Looking for a Tour Guide?

The Topsies have company!  In what is an absolutely appropriate turn of events for a tech-geek, Uber developed a relationship with one of his classmates at the virtual reality school he has attended the last couple of years.  He and she became really close over this school year and began “dating” online sometime after the [...]

Giving Baaaaaack

Uber had some difficult decisions to make before this summer began.  First off, he decided he wasn’t ready for Driver’s Ed, despite what his birth certificate says.  This was the summer he was supposed to take driving lessons and get behind the wheel, but amazingly, he came to the conclusion that he simply wasn’t ready [...]

He Has Always Been A Star In My Book

I mentioned in my last blog post that Uber recently celebrated a birthday.  His 15th.  For those of you with kids under ten, let me assure you that YES, that really does make you feel old. 
Uber has always been a special kiddo.  He knew all his colors when he was eighteen months old.  He [...]

A Thousand Words Thursday

 
I promise you that it wasn’t that long ago that I was smiling about this…

instead of worrying about this…

The times, they keep on a’changin’.  (sigh)

Mutually Exclusive

So last week I penned about the paradox of having two techie teens who don’t necessarily always fit nicely into a stereotypical box.  But wait – – there’s more!
Not only are the boys paradoxical within themselves, they also are so radically different from each other that I often wonder not only if they come from [...]

The Paradox

Sometimes having high-tech kiddos just isn’t what you would expect.  Uber proved this to me in a big way with a conversation we shared last week.  Since his birthday is edging closer, I thought it would be fun to ask him what his idea of “the ideal birthday” might be. 
As someone who gave birth [...]