Canning

So I canned my first batch of peaches.  We haven't tried them yet, so I hope they turned out good.  I didn't have a big enough pot so since the cans had to be emerged in water I flipped them upside down.  They all sealed, so it worked.  Just hope they taste fine when we open one.  :)  I am like my mother and like to cut corners sometimes, I didn't follow a recipe either.  :)  I do however remember when I use to help my mom can when I was younger.  Oh the fond memories of peeling the peaches and then helping pour the sugar water in the can.  

I also have a thing for making freezer strawberry jam.  It's so fun!  And when I get a lot of fruit I can't help but make jam.  We got tons of peaches from our neighbors across the street.  So I made peach freezer jam. I still have some frozen peaches I could use to make more jam.  My kids favorite jam is the strawberry jam.  So next time they are on sale I want to get a ton and make more jam.  :)

My next project will be to make homemade salsa.  Now for some tomatoes and jalapenos.  My Visiting Teacher gave me some tomatoes and said she'd give me some jalapenos.  But we had to use the tomatoes so they wouldn't go bad.  I think a few of them went bad though.  :(

I need to find some kind of salsa that uses zucchini, we have some frozen zucchini in our freezer and some more growing in our garden.  :)  It's so fun to say that.  Our garden.  I hope I can have a successful garden again next year.   Speaking of our garden, I think we have a few tomatoes growing.  :)  We weren't as successful with those.  Hopefully next time as well.

Home economics

 These photos are a little old, but we enjoy baking together.  

 Baking cupcakes for K's Birthday

 Icing cookies for Easter.

What about their "social life"?

I have heard many times, "What about their social life"?  What about it?  Do I want my children learning from their peers?  Do I want my children learning about the facts of life through children?  Do I want my children to be exposed to foul language and dirty talk at a young age?  NO!  Now days "social" life can either make or break a child.  I don't want the evil of this world to influence my children.  I don't want my children learning disrespect or unkindness from bully's or rude children.  
While attending school when I was a young girl I dealt with rude children.  Bully's to be exact.  Children are rude!  A child's whole life could be ruined if adults/parents don't step in and stop bullying.  I feel like my parents saved my life when they brought me home from school.  My life could have been so much different than the way it turned out.  My social life while I was in school was horrible!  I was shy and got bullied by rude children.
It is true I didn't have many friends when I was young and after being home taught.  But when I was in school I had only a handful of friends, if any.  School did nothing for my social life.

Home schooled children aren't always just home with their mothers and siblings.  They have other HS friends who they get together with to learn and to play.  Some HS children also socialize with PS children, through other after school activities such as sports, scouts, church functions and activities.

Social lives for home schooled children can be better than some public schooled children at times.