Sorry We Were Late for Co-Op, But...

Sometimes you’ve got it all together. Sometimes you’re late for co-op. But there’s always a reason!

Sometimes you’ve got it all together. Sometimes you’re late for co-op — and it’s a good thing homeschoolers don’t have to write excuses because some of them would be … interesting.

• We thought it was Tuesday.

• Annie couldn’t find her Tardis socks, and she can’t wear her tutu without them.

• Minecraft.

• No one had matching shoes.

• Someone tried to flush a harmonica.

• We had to change the toner so Sarah could print her homework.

• The car keys were being used as a chandelier in a Harry Potter Lego set.

• George wanted to know where babies come from.

• The kids couldn’t leave until we collected data to determine who has the longest tongue.

• Jenny had the wrong socks. More precisely, she had 13 pairs of the wrong socks before we finally found the right ones.

• All the clean underwear ended up being used in the dog’s pillow fort.

• Aaron discovered the Trolley Problem.

• The audiobook was at the most exciting part.

• We were just going to drop off the overdue books, but there was book sale at the library.

• My mother-in-law watched something on CNN about socialization and called to tell me about it.

• The FAFSA made me cry.

• Apparently only two of the kids made it to the car with their shoes on.

This was originally published in the fall 2017 issue of HSL.

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