We enjoyed the Midwest Homeschool Conference in Cincinnati. I was amazed at all of the people there. Their website says that there were over 13,000 people there... not including the exhibitor's families!
Because we were there only one day, we were only able to sit in three workshops, but they were great!
We only had time for the following sessions, because of the fact that they were an hour long and the boys needed breaks in between sessions. We also wanted to visit the vendor hall as there were over 200 booths!
1. Rebuilding a Culture of Virtuous Boyhood - Doug Phillips
2. Rescuing your children from a culture of Irresponsibility - Dr. Jeff Myers
3. Homeschooling is your Right - Attorney David Gibbs III we only heard the end of this, but then we went to another session because Michael wanted to hear him. He gave his testimony and tips for boys who want to be come lawyers.
4. Tim Hawkins concert - We decided at the last minute that we wanted to go, so I went downstairs to get tickets. They were sold out, but a lady was standing there and she gave us her tickets because her son was in the hospital. She refused to let me pay her for them. I was alone, but she handed me five! Wow, is all I can say about that. Tim Hawkins was hilarious. I didn't necessarily enjoy some of the pre-show music (let's just say it had some "soul" and it was VERY loud), and he can be crude but he was otherwise hilarious (I had tears rolling down my face from laughing so hard at some of his jokes).
David Gibbs gave a free book and DVD, and I was able to get some used ABeka books for $2 apiece. Yay for freebies and bargains!
There were over 200 booths with all types of curriculum & books, kits, and educational toys. One booth even had specimens to dissect. I had to laugh at the sign that said " Please do not poke the specimens." I can understand... I was tempted. They were pretty reasonable , so maybe we can get some of them later on. Michael can do that part with them. Yuck!
Since Vision Forum is one of our favorite vendors, the boys begged us to go there first. They each got a toy gun. I wish we'd gone there last because then we had to carry the toys around the whole time and I kept worrying Jonathan would whack someone with his long musket (Justin and Ryan's were shorter). One funny thing that happened is that the boys had an all out shootout with another family of boys in a side area where they had tables. It was so cute! So I guess that was worth lugging the guns around all day.
I also enjoyed seeing my good friend Kelly. Our kids seemed to hit it off right away. It was also nice to meet Phillip Brown's wife for the first time.
I enjoyed seeing all the skirts, long hair, prayer caps, and large families! You definitely see a huge variety of people at home-schooling conferences. I was encouraged to see several nice-looking black families as well.
There was one booth called Rap Music Learning. They sold CDs. But I didn't see any of the prayer cap people buying any ;-D
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