Can you believe this is our last I Spy of 2009? This year has really flown by! It’s the time of year for reflection and thankfulness. And for many homeschooling families, a time of evaluation and tweaking. Many of us are gearing up for a few changes in our curriculum or the way we do school. If you are looking for some inspiration, you have come to the right place.

• Check out Homeschooling When it Sucks for some encouragement and humor.

• Thinking about using the Workbox System when you start back to school in the new year? Worried about space issues? Check out these Small Space Workboxes.

• Here’s a great post for mothers homeschooling with energetic toddlers.Use a Rainy Day Jar!

• For a great dose of encouragement, read about how one blogger traded it all for a Slow Life on Easy Street.

• For even more inspiration, check out these two posts about keeping it all in perspective when you’re a homeschool mom:
  1. Why Does Everyone Always Seem to Have it All Together?
  2. Will All the Real Moms Please Stand Up?

I am praying that your New Year will be full of family, smiles, and laughs. I’ll see you in 2010!

Cassandra Simpson is a homeschooling wife and mother of four children, ages 1, 8, 9, and 12. She is starting her 6th year of home educating in Indiana and uses a “Classically Eclectic” teaching approach. Cassandra is the Assistant Lead Moderator for HOTM’s forum and loves talking homeschool with anyone who will listen! Her hobbies are reading, blogging, sewing, and cooking. You can check out her family’s blog at In His Image.