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Do you know what? I have lived in New England for almost 37-years and I pride myself in not complaining about New England weather, and particularly its winters. I’m always amazed at the grumblings every single winter from people who choose to live here. And then, come summer, the very same people complain about the humidity. It’s laughable! Yes, our weather can be wacky but we get to experience all of it. And there’s nothing quite like spring in New England, folks. Once it hits forty degrees everyone is outside in short sleeves and smiles. Everyone is so happy to shed the layers and drink in the sunshine. I have lived here all my life and I love it- all of it: the humidity, the blizzards. I pride myself in not complaining about the winters.

Well, I have to be honest with you. I complained about this winter. Between the constantly-sick kids, the construction, and crazy amount of snow we received (which my snow-lovin’ crew had serious trouble walking in, even with shoeshoes), I found myself complaining quite a bit come March. I just wanted it to end. I wanted the sun. I wanted to shed the layers. I wanted to see my fellow New Englanders smiling and happy.

Spring is finally here, folks! I’m happy to report that there is sediment in the tub once more. My kids have been outside most of their days of late. Their feet and hands are filthy. They are happy, even when I’m checking them for ticks. Spring is here.

I thought it would be fun to do a Day in the Life post in honor of spring, as I’m realizing that there is a homeschooling happiness that occurs with spring, too. We are no longer stuck indoors, trying to drum up interesting things to do. We are outside, experiencing the world. It’s wonderful. If we hang out on Instagram, you already know what we’ve been up to, so my apologies! Without further ado, I present to you our Day in the Life of a New England Homeschooler in SPRING:

Day in the Life of a New England Homeschooler in SPRING

7:00

Folks, I slept until seven. That right there has to be a sign of spring and all of its outside goodness.

7:15

First things first: coffee.

The calm before the storm.

7:30

The kids arrive in our kitchen dressed and happy. All three of them! The nudist walked into the kitchen fully clothed for the first time maybe ever. Again, I thank spring because I think he wanted to go outside. We eat breakfast while reading the latest letters from one of our beloved pen pals.

8:20

By this time, Leo has already practiced piano and T has been happily reading on the couch. Seuss finally finishes his breakfast. I send the kids upstairs to brush their teeth. Did I mention that Seuss needs to be at school at 8:45? I was never late before I had this child and now I fear I will be late for the rest of my life. He functions on island time, folks. When he is grown and living on an island, he’d better invite me to spend as much time there as he wasted here!

8:50

After much drama, we manage to make it to school and we’re only five minutes late (side note: when does the get-your-shoes-on-and-into-the-car-and-clip-yourself-in-drama end? At what age??).

9:00

One of our most favorite weekly activities is visiting our local farms. I love that our children have such a wonderful relationship with our local farmers, the farm animals, and that they witness the transformation of their food from seedlings to their dinner plate.

We love to get to the farm just after school drop-off because the animals are always eating their breakfast.

We always count the eggs and admire the various colors. We get our eggs from a friend, but when her chickens go on egg strike during the winter we get our eggs here.

Today, we spent a lot of time in the greenhouses. We love to watch the progress and admire the colors and smells. Just a few weeks ago, these were empty and now they are lush!

This lucky bunny got a cider donut as part of her breakfast today. The kids thought that was hysterical.

Oh, the goats!

I often feel a wave of gratitude that we are able to homeschool and today was one of those days. Our pace is different. We are learning, yet we have time to smell the roses… or, in this case, violets.

This is another favorite farm of ours. That’s right, folks. It was a two farm morning for us!

10:30

After our two farm morning, we headed over to our beloved library. Did you know that it’s National Library Week? We visit our library two-three times a week and our library (and librarians!) have been instrumental in helping us to have a successful first year of homeschooling. First, we visited the library’s playground.

This playground was buried under snow just a few short weeks ago!

10:45

Drama. Armed with our large library bags, we approached the front door only to learn that the library had to close unexpectedly due to a building issue. Oh, the tears, folks. They had been so excited, and we are actually out of books for a change. Major drama.