The end of the world as we know it.

December 21, 2012 just so happens to be Pie's 5th birthday.

Chris and I have been debating about what kind of education is best for our girls. It was very important to us that I stay home and raise the girls instead of sending them to daycare. I admit there are some really awesome daycare centers out there but there are some horrible ones too. I have tried to expose the girls to some social situations, story time at the library, playgroups, play dates with friends, ect so that they are used to some of the same things daycare kids are when they start school.

But with the end of the world looming, I have to wonder how important all this preparation for traditional public school really is?  I guess it's a good thing that they are learning to plant a garden and harvest it's crops. They can identify some of the flowers in our yard and know where the blackberry bushes are at. They know only to eat the berries mommy gives them and not the berries we see on the walking path. They are skilled at dumping the vegetable scraps in the compost bin and know that it needs mixed up once in awhile. Next spring they will help spread the rich black compost around the flowers. I hope in the next couple years to have some chickens so we can collect eggs and possible raise a pig or two. My goal is to be as self sufficient as possibly and hope to teach my girls to live simply and not always rely on retail and manufacturing to keep them alive.

So when December 21, 2012 comes around and everyone else is prepared to sit in a circle and play nicely with each other, my girls will be at home preparing for the end of the world as we know it.

On December 22, 2012 we all will wake up and laugh about a silly conspiracy theory and go on about our day.