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A family of five in Aotearoa New Zealand, on an international homeschool journey...so what do we do all day?

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Ready, steady, jet-set... school...

Being February it's probably sufficient time to re-start the blog without appearing like a New Year's resolution. Last year, my blog attempts were thwarted by having house "sale ready", house-hunting, working out approach to educating the small people, employment and general busy-ness/excuses.

Ring in 2014: House = sold. New house=bought. We move in this coming Monday.  Educational approach=sorted. General busy-ness/excuses = I'm working on it.

Seemingly, not ones to understand the concept of sitting still, we've decided to jet-set off, as a family, on an international adventure for four and a half months! Destinations include Australia, Japan, England, France and Italy. We leave in four weeks.

Responses from friends:  "Wow! How exciting!" "What a good experience it will be for the children." "You're brave."

Actually, I'm really tired (the advanced planning with three kids is mind boggling) and just a little bit worried (that we'll get lost, lose the children or just be generally grumpy)...but yes, I'm excited.


Family OE: A Really Useful Kiwi Guide to Travelling Overseas with Your Children
Laptop will come with us, so if you're interested you can catch up on what we're going to be doing all day (some days between jet lag, travel and working out how to buy things in another language!). On the right hand side bar, you can subscribe by email, become a member of the blog or join the RSS feed. Would love you to travel with us.

And if you're feeling a little bit inspired to journey with kids, check out the Williamson Family's book on their six-month OE.