homeschool adventures

Lukas pushed Ernie crazily down the winding hallways in the hospital yesterday after his surgical procedure, before and after which Ern watched a movie on his phone--something I thought a funny thing to do under the circumstances. But we all do funny things.
So we're careening around corners, almost hit the wall several times, and then get into the elevator. A lady gets on after us and asks one of the kids if there was no school today. He says no, because I hardly ever let them out of school work. She looks puzzled and like she wants more info since they're obviously not in a schoolroom at the moment. She says she's taking her son back to school (it's approximately lunch time).
Today we went to the science center in Calgary and listened to a Spanish cd, a read along Treasure Island cd and my reading from the fourth book in the Story of the World series while we drove. Cross off language and history. I had quizzed the kids w/ math cards at breakfast before we left the house and called that math for the day.
Our science museum, hands-on earth, energy, creativity counted for that subject as far as I was concerned, not to mention the Magic School Bus video we watched on the road on the way back home. There were all body physical activities at the museum too that seemed to me to work for phys. ed. and recess.
Most times our days are rather more structured, more at- the- desk- or- table type of school (at least part of the day), but these flexible days seem to me to be memorable learning too.
Homeschool's a huge commitment and not for everyone, but it does help to foster a the- world- is- our- classroom perspective that I hope our whole family keeps up w/ even if we don't continue to homeschool. (Yes, I know the tense changes and hyphenated modifiers are weird but knowing is at least half the battle, right?:)