You know you're a (happy) homeschooling mom when...

1)  you have 88 items checked out from the library and you still want (no, need) more.

2)  words like recitation, lapbook, seatwork, and notebooking become part of your everyday vocabulary.

3)  you spend your weekend sewing a magazine holder for the classroom, and you enjoy every minute of it.

4)  you are simultaneously hatching a monarch egg, growing 4 different kinds of tree seeds, and working on a model teepee.

5)  you find yourself wondering how kindergarten teachers keep a roomful of 5-year-olds from using potty language when you can't keep your one child from using it.

6)  you allow your kids to go to the window to spy on the public school kids walking to and from school (and your kids are smiling all the way because they get to stay home).

7)  you feel an enormous sense of peace and satisfaction at the end of the day, knowing you are following your heart.