We're Official!!!!!

I'm all giddy with excitement because I just submitted

our first ever private school affidavit!

This doesn't really mean much, other than we are offically

a homeschool in the state of California.

I was really intimidated by this task and kept putting it off.

(Deadline is October 15)

Official forms and documents always scare me because I have this

irrational fear that if I do it wrong, I'll have a warrant out for my arrest

and I'll never see my family again. Like I don't know how to answer

questions about myself or something.

Thankfully, another homeschooling friend of mine sent me this link

to HSLDA's website that has step-by-step instructions on how to do it!

http://www.hslda.org/hs/state/ca/affidavit/AffidavitInstructions.asp

Super helpful!!!

I started to fill this all out yesterday.

I read question 1 and was immediately stumped.

"Name of School"

ummmmmmmmm I don't know!!!!!!!!!!

Apparently we have to NAME our homeschool.

Nobody prepared me for this. Oh no, what do I do?!

 So I went to Google-land with a mission to find a name for our school.

I found quite a few homeschooling forums where other people listed the name

of their own schools and why they chose it.

It sounds like this would be an easy task....but its not.

Initially I'm like "Oh, I'll just put (Our last name) Homeschool"

No....that's not good enough.

Other people were so creative and thoughtful! I don't want a boring name,

I want to be cool too!

I noticed a lot of people had the word "Academy" in their name.

Ok, I could go that direction.

It literally took me almost 24 hours to come up with a name I think I could live with...

I chose this name because I felt it was unique and it encompasses what I want

our homeschool to be for our family.

The definition of Liberty is "The state of being free within society from oppressive 

 restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views."

Yea, that's one reason we homeschool.

We have the freedom to choose our own curriculum and teach our children the

way we feel is best for them without having to answer to anybody.

 Another reason we homeschool is because I want to encourage my children's

curiosity in learning new things. I don't want them to feel that knowledge is a chore.

I want them to understand that learning is everywhere in our every day life, not just

at a desk in a classroom. That is why I chose the words "Creative Learning" in our name.

We keep it fun, relaxed, interactive and entertaining so they actually enjoy it.

After I picked a name, we decided we needed a mascot.

Introducing, Liberty the Lemur!

 

Kayden and I have talked about it and are going to work on raising money 

to adopt a lemur from WWF!

We had fun with this and now that this process is over we can continue on

with our year as official homeschoolers, woo hoo!