Wow!  All of you have given me such wonderful advice.  I'm so thankful for you!  I do plan to write out why I am homeschooling.  However, this was not a God thing.  I mean I don't have this conviction from God to homeschool.  Maybe I should, but i don't .

I'm homeschooling because...(written off the top of my head)

1.  I have already seen what public schools can do with my children.  My children were extremely brilliant, desiring to learn more.  After putting them in Mother's Day out, I realized that they no longer had that sparkle in their eye about learning.  I actually think they were being "dumbed down".   I regret this, but I felt I really desperately needed that break to send them to school 2 days a week.  In hindsight, it was the best thing because at the time I needed to take care of me.  I wasn't sleeping, and I was so extremely overwhelmed with my children.  Yes, it may have hurt my children, but I think it would have been worse if I didn't get "fixed" first.

2.  I went to a public school.  (need I say more?)  In 4th grade I saw 2 kids my age having sex on the playground.  I kept that quiet.  In 5th grade, a boy asked me to pick up his pencil, when I did he flashed me, when I yelled out I got in trouble for talking.  The BUS- oh the terrible terrible things that happened on the bus...my children will NEVER ride one without me.

3.  I have learning disabilities and ADD.  I'm pretty sure at least one of my children has ADD too.  It's sometimes hard to diagnose when a child has ADD, because they usually perform enough to get by.  So by knowing what is needed I think I will be the best teacher in this situation.

4.  I didn't learn anything in public school...except to cram for tests and forget the next day.

5.  In homeschooling, I like how you can take your time on things you don't know or skip things that you do know.

6.  I want to see that learning sparkle in their eyes.

I'm sure there is a lot more, but that is what I can think of right now.

Thank you all so much for your encouragement