About Us

Ok, so I've decided to attempt this online in order to keep as little paper as possible. This is going to be something of a homeschool portfolio online. I want to keep track of the things that we're doing in order to convince John that with the right preparation I can actually successfully homeschool the kids. Never one for conventional means, we're writing this in story form to a degree.

I'm the Captain... also known as "Mom." Joshua, Kailey and Julie are the crew. Their ranks and positions are ever in flux, so it's kinda pointless to attempt to pin that much down. We're pirates, space explorers, time-travelers, Pokemon trainers and occasionally ninja warriors.

This is the Chaos Destroyer. It is a 2003 Mazda MPV. It's mission is to destroy chaos by creating order. So far it has been floundering miserably, but each day is a lesson in life and an attempt to have our "ship" live up to it's mission. The ship got it's name when we moved from Philadelphia to Bensalem last year. The kids and I had to do most of the packing and moving while John was at work, so we made a game of it. We pretended that we were raiding the governor's mansion and hauling our loot to the Isla de Muerta, often stopping at Tortuga for breakfast. (In reality, we were packing up our house and taking our stuff to storage and stopping for breakfast at the Pub.) Being as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's chest had just come out, we were all in "pirate mode." Also Vacation Bible School was right around then and the theme was "Son Treasure Island" so it fit.

And so began our adventures as the crew of the Chaos Destroyer...