Only at a Homeschool Conference!

A couple of weekends ago, I was blessed to be able to attend a Homeschool Conference in the Woodlands. My friend Kim kept my children one night and Kenneth the next. Of course I had the baby with me. It was so nice to be encouraged by all of the great speakers and I learned lots of great tips on HSing. I also loved getting to go through the vendor hall with lots and lots of neat and fun curriculum, books, etc. I was able to get everything I needed for this school year except one item.


One thing that struck me as I spent these two days trekking up and down escalators, elevators, and through mazes of people, was how kind and helpful everyone was to me and the baby. So here is my list of things you will most likely find or experience only at a homeschool conference:

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*Complete strangers you don't know at all will offer to hold your baby while you go to the bathroom just because they remember those days of having a little one and only 2 hands, and you let them!


*Vendors notice your struggle with choosing between curriculums and let you just take anything you want over night so you can sift through them and choose. He didn't even want my name and number, just said to bring it back the next day!



*People offer to hold your baby during a speaking session just so you can take notes without a squirmy baby in your arms! They will get the notes from a friend.


*You are not the only one walking around with a baby in an Ergo and most people actually know what an Ergo is!


*You attempt to go up the escalator with a baby in your arms and a stroller loaded down with everything but a baby and stuff starts to slide out the back of the stroller basket all over the escalator and people run up to grab it all and help you get off-yikes!



*Everywhere you look you see other mothers nursing their babies under a nursing cover and no one looks at them funny or gets mad that they are nursing in public!

For my fellow homeschooling mama's out there, if you ever get the opportunity to go to one of these conferences, do it! You won't regret it.

Happy Homeschooling!!!