Bucky Mama. Yep, that's me. I won't tell you how I came up with that name yet. We don't know each other well enough and it's kind of weird. I prefer to keep my weirdness to myself for a little bit. Trust me, it'll spill through every nook and cranny of this blog soon enough. 

I've got four kids, three girls and one boy. Please, no comments about the "poor boy." He's a great kid and he loves his three older sisters. Yes, they're older. The kids are ages 6, 3, 3, and 1. Yes, that means I have twins. Again, no comments from the peanut gallery. 

By trade, I am a nurse. No, I don't want to look at your rash, thankyouverymuch. I'm a stay at home mom, so I'm not practicing nursing right now. Well, not in the traditional sense, anyways. I tell myself often that I'm a pediatric nurse with 4 patients. Sometimes that's in very literal sense. Most of the time, it's not. 

I homeschool my children (yes, all of them). Our homeschooling style is not what most people imagine when they think of homeschooling. No desks or worksheets are used, no math drills or any other type of drills. If you're familiar with homeschooling styles, we are somewhere near unschooling. If you're not familiar, our style can be summarized as lifestyle learning. We try to learn everything we can in every place we are. I am constantly thinking of new homeschooling terms like "museum schoolers" because we go to museum sooooo often or car schooling (although that term has been taken) because we learn and talk in the car a lot. In the end, our schooling is just what it is, not easily defined or termed, just like everyone's learning when outside of school.

Well, it looks like I've shown my weirdness already. So, I'll let you in on the name Bucky Mama. Back when I was working, our dear, sweet nanny coined the term "buckies" when speaking of the gluteus maximus. My three year olds are deep in the throws of toilet humor. If you say "buckies" at all, they crinkle their noses, squint their eyes, throw their heads back and erupt in eardrum shattering laughter. So, there it is. Bucky Mama. I think the kids will love it.