What Does Homeschooling LOOK Like Anyway?

Honestly, I have no idea what homeschooling looks like in general terms. I only know what it looks like in my own home. Around here it looks like little boys cuddled up in Mommy's lap while she reads them a story. It also looks like little boys cuddled up in Mommy's lap while they read her a story. It looks like a big kitchen mess where either the math lesson (fractions), the cooking lesson, or the science lesson got completely out of hand but tasted pretty good anyway! Homeschooling looks like four children chasing a bug across the floor and consulting all of the nature books plus on online site or two to identify it before tossing the little ugly back outside. Homeschooling looks like math lessons full of manipulatives like m&m's that must be shared with all of the siblings and Daddy after lessons are finished. Homeschooling looks like trips to the library and the used book store where we use our numbers to stage a takeover. Homeschooling at our house looks like history lessons while sprawled across the couch and language arts lessons sprawled across the floor and Mommy pushing for handwriting lessons to be done at the table so that at least she will be able to read them! Homeschooling looks like trips to the park to identify local flora and fauna. It looks like physical education in the livingroom and back yard. It looks like learning to sew with Mommy and learning vehicle maintenance with Daddy out in the driveway. Homeschooling also looks like Mommy having to sincerely apologize for being such a grump when the drain stopped up and the ice-maker froze over and the little guys decided that fighting with each other is a lot more fun than math lessons. It looks like lost books and projects found after we had given up on them. Homeschooling looks like learning about manners and character from very real and very imperfect people who are still learning themselves. Homeschooling looks a whole lot like any other part of real life because that is exactly what it is. I wouldn't even want it to be any other way.