When I told Nathan that we were going over to Auntie Christie’s house today, he asked, “So, we have no school today?”

“Right,” I said, “No school today.”

But I was wrong! As the children were holding the baby chicks, I kept hearing “school” talk going on.

Little Mike said, “I smelled him.”

“What does he smell like?” asked his Mama.

“Lellow…and he’s got black eyes.”

“What color is his beak?”

“Um, red,” says Mike.

“Orange?” says Auntie Joyce.

“Pink?” says Mama.

“Um, orange,” says Mike.

Little Mike is too young to realize that while he’s holding a baby chick and talking to Mama, that he’s being homeschooled! He’s learning about another living creature (science) and he’s practicing his colors (math).

Isn’t homeschooling fun!?