How hot is your chili?

Princess didn’t start out as “Princess”. As soon as I found out I was pregnant, I knew what gender and what her name was. I can’t tell you that God spoke in an audible voice, but it was definite. Before she was born, she would move around like crazy, and we started to call her “Chili Pepper”. It might have had something to do with all the heartburn she gave me as well.

Well, her birthday came and she was born a chili pepper. She came out kicking and screaming and wanted to go back in. She has had an opinion ever since. Princess has evolved into her name because of her desire to be extremely “girly”, but do not be mistaken. She is still a chili pepper.

Today has been a hard day for her. She woke up happy but must have fallen out of bed or something, because the chili in the pepper has become an habanero today. It’s wearing a little thin. You see, I homeschool my children and I’m around them 24/7. Now, I know you are thinking, “wait! She homeschools. Her kids are supposed to be perfect!” Let me explain:

There seems to be an incorrect assumption that if you homeschool your children, then they will be well behaved in any public situation. People see the family with stair stepped children, in coordinating jumper dresses and leggings, long hair that has never been cut, and all the children are meek and mild. Never do they touch anything they shouldn’t, and their parents never have to chastise them in public.

My children have never fit this mold, and frankly, I’m glad. Because the stereotype of homeschoolers is false. Our children can be just as obnoxious as anyone else’s kids. They can (and do) have their own distinct opinions, and they can (and do) let everyone around them know it.

That stereotype is false, because it’s not real. I know families who have children that look like that, and while they are real, the myth that they’re perfect is not. Here is a video that makes a me laugh because the comedian (Tim Hawkins) is poking fun of all of the stereotypes of homeschooling.

So, Princess may be a princess, but she is a chili pepper too. The level of spice depends on the day and the mood, but she livens up the house!!!