So I thought my favorite room in the house was the kitchen, then I thought it was my master bath…but this week I discovered the best part ever…our school room. It was the one thing I had truly hoped God might bless us with and this week, I’ve been able to witness and experience so many great blessings in this one room. Its the room set aside for learning…its the room set aside for growing…its the room set aside for experiencing new things…together…as a family….and I love it. And what I realized is that kids can do school anywhere…really, they can! But this mommy, with her multi-task, task-oriented brain has a very hard time focusing solely on school when I’m in the middle of my kitchen. Instead, I try to teach, clean, do laundry, etc. and my kids don’t get the full attention they deserve. My all-knowing God knew this and knew this was how He made me and knowing my desire to teach my children in the home, He’s taken all those components and provided us a beautiful, peaceful, light-filled room in which to learn. Thank you Father…this room is more than I hoped for and I pray all of our learning will ultimately result in my four little people knowing and loving Jesus with all of their hearts.
Our school room! The only major purchase was the Ikea bookcase pictured...such a great solution for all the books, papers, puzzles, markers, etc. that we've accumulated along the way!
The couches where we learn to read! And where the littlest ones curl up while waiting for Mikias to finish!
One more view...the Pier 1 Entertainment center that we've owned since we got married and ran out of room for has now reappeared and makes a great piece for hold all of our board games! This room has become a great room for family games after dinner...one more reason to love it!
Mikias re-creating the Trojan horse and the burning of the city of Troy...this was hilarious! Bullseye was the largest horse we could find 
Molly Kate working on math while Mikias sets up the battle!
Madden just being cute Madden!
Miles is the true engineer in our family...he was quietly designing something amazing in the corner!
My favorite part of the day...Mikias wanted to show King Menelaus getting Helen back and the only woman we could find downstairs was Jesse from Toy Story...this is the result
This picture is for all my Louisville friends...please come see us and stay in this beautiful room! You'll enjoy a nice private patio, full bath and kitchen and of course, large media room! Seriously...we want you to come see us and the kids miss you, so plan a vacation to Atlanta and just let us know when you'll be here!!
O my goodness! What a HUGE blessing! Your new home is SO GORGEOUS! Our God is GOOD!!
Wow!!! Your new house looks gorgeous!!! And you are such a great, creative teacher for your kids!!!
I LOVE the Trojan War project! And Helen is too cute with her cowboy hat!
Ha! And I love how Menelaus has his gun pointed at her — “You’re coming home with me, woman!” The schoolroom looks fabulous!
So, I had you and Jeff in mind when I posted the picture of the guest bedroom…we would seriously love for you guys to come visit…and soon! Miss you so much dear friend!
I told Jeff that we need to plan a trip down there for a weekend!
I definitely want to come visit! We really miss you guys, too!
Also, I have a request for a bog post — I remember you saying that you would plan your meals for a month at a time. I was curious what that looks like for you — I would love to read a blog post on meal planning for a month!
Sorry — blog post, not bog post!
looks great! do you mind me asking what color you have on the walls in the school-room? ours is still awaiting the “perfect” color
hope you are settling in well – can’t believe you have it all set up so quickly!
Hey Tara! I’ll try to find out the color…it was painted that color by the previous owner and I wasn’t sure I liked it, but as it turns out, it is so soothing and refreshing. I feel like we’re on vacation when we head down to the basement! As far as setting up so quickly…I owe all thanks to my mom and dad…they worked their tails off to help me get our life in order so I could get back to schooling and not be thinking about everything else that needed to be done! So thankful for such servant-minded family members!!