Prairie Scraps

I seem to be in the minority among parents, but I want to say that I love summer and being with my kids more.  Now, I know, that may seem like a weird statement to make, but I have to say after reading complaint after complaint from "friends" on my facebook page about the torture they go through because their kids are home for the summer, I'm tired of the shameful way we talk about our children! Children are a blessing from God!  I love spending time with mine.  I chose to have my children and I chose to raise them myself.  Yes, I homeschool, so my kids are with me 24/7, day in and day out.  Does summer change how I think or treat my children?  Absolutely not!  I love my children and I love being with them.  Do they fight?  On occasion, but the wonderful phenomenon that my husband and I have witnessed, is that because they are together all day, every day, they have to learn to work out their differences!  I don't just get to send them off to school, so they are some