You Know You're a Homeschooler When (Part 10)

…your children no longer understand the excitement of summer break.

…you 8 year old critiques your photography and uses the words ‘exposure’, ‘aperture’ and ‘shutter speed’ correctly.

…you have friends that collect strange bugs for fun.

…the mail man is met with squeals of delight after delivering ANOTHER Greek mythology book.

…your children can’t wait until the public school year begins so the parks and the beach won’t be as crowded.

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You Know You're a Homeschooler When... (Part 9)

…you spend you Friday night researching snail copulation. (This one is courtesy of the Davis Clan. Y’all need to get out more!!!! Oh, and when is that co-op being scheduled!)

…your ten year old explains that his room is not dirty. He is simply running a basic psychology maze experiment on his brother.

…you have to make a rule that specifically says that you may not do psychological experiments on your brother.

…your ten year old has reached the point that when people ask him about school, he rolls his eyes and says, “I really need to develop a new line of T-shirts, then all I would have to do is point!”

…your children understand the inner workings of product development based on online games.

…your 8 year old builds replicas of medieval weaponry out of legos (do you remember the cross bow) and can accurately name the parts.

You Know You're a Homeschooler When... (Part 8)

…the neighborhood kids come over after school and your 4th grader teaches them all how to play chess because he is tired of losing to mom.

…your 4th grader describes video game scenery by saying “there is a distinct transition from a forest habitat to grassland.” Where does he learn this stuff??

…instead of cartoons, your children begin their day by watching 'How It’s Made' on the Discovery Channel.

…your children try to convince you that the toy they want for their birthday holds educational value by designing their own science lesson around it. I’ve got to admit I was almost sold…

…your 4th grader is willing to do extra chores to get the really expensive out of print Greek mythology book he is dying to read.

…Cyberchase counts as math class, Mythbusters counts as science class and drum circles count as music class.

You Know You're a Homeschooler When... (Part 7)

…you confirm that there are mites in the Hermit Crab’s cage by pulling out the microscope, mounting slides and having a science lesson!!

…you utilize a drill press while preparing the supplies for this week’s co-op.

…someone asks your child what grade they are in and they answer incorrectly.

…someone asks your child what grade they are in, they answer incorrectly and it takes a minute to register that they answered incorrectly.

…you shop for school supplies more often at Home Depot than Target.

You Know You're a Homeschooler When... (Part 6)

…your 4^th grader gets horribly offended when another kid on the playground insists Hades is a bad guy.

…you have entries in your calendar such as “Dissect Frog”, “Change the mummy’s salt” and “Rotate Petri dishes”.

…you listen to your 2nd and 4th grader talking about RuneScape and mentally tick off ‘social studies’, ‘money management’ and ‘family planning’ as subjects studied today.

…you are considering letting your 9 year old have his own PaperbackSwap account because you are tired of him using up YOUR credits for MORE books on Greek Mythology. (Despite what you might believe, there does come a point when you own too many Greek mythology books!!)

…your 7 year old writes your grocery list in code and refuses to translate it for you!

…you buy your 4th grader a Greek and Roman art book at a book sale and don’t worry about getting in trouble for letting him look at the nude sculptures in it.

…you post a craft or tutorial on your blog and people automatically assume it is an upcoming co-op class.

If you need to catch up, here are Parts 1 through 5 plus the Christmas edition.

You Know You're a Homeschooler When....(Christmas Edition)

…the really cool tutorial you found to make a Christmas present has great potential as a co-op activity.

…you access your 4th graders reading ability by how well he can perform the vocals on Rock Band.

…your 2nd grader thinks the book on philosophy he got for Christmas is cool.

…the neighborhood kids knock on the door at 1pm on Christmas Day and your 2nd grader asks them why school is out so early.

…your 4th grader chooses his annual Christmas tree ornament based on what he is currently studying in History.

…you have to rearrange your book shelves so you can put away all the Christmas presents.

You Know You're a Homeschooler When... (Part 5)

…you know exactly how long it takes for paint to dry on the inside of a Diet Coke can.

…juggling swords is part of PE. (They are wooden swords!)

…your shopping list contains 68ohm resistors, zip ties, agar for Petri dishes and 20 pounds of salt.

…hula hooping turns into a lesson on friction and centrifugal force.

…the bruises mom gets from hula hooping turns into a lesson on the circulatory system.

…the run-away shopping cart in Wal-Mart becomes a lesson on inertia.

…how to make balloon animals is the art project of the week.

You Know You're a Homeschooler When... (Part 4)

…you receive deliveries from PaperBackSwap more often than you receive bills.

…it is not uncommon for your UPS man to deliver Petri dishes or dissection specimens.

…you are known at Radio Shack as “that lady” because you do all the “wacky projects”. They didn’t even bat an eye when I came in looking for LEDs so I could add lights to a hula hoop.

…your 9 year old chooses to go as a Greek God for Halloween and you don’t realize how odd that is until random people start asking you if you homeschool after seeing him.

…it irritates you to no end when someone misspells 'curriculum'. (Seriously people, SPELL CHECK IS YOUR FRIEND!!!)

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