Check Out Oakmont Otter Home School, Established October 2008

Since beginning home school nearly a month ago, the kids have chosen the Otter as our mascot. Our colors are, as reflected in the 'M' logo - blue and tan - because, they said, otters live in both the water, the blue, and on the land or beach, the tan. We even found $2 Beanie Baby Otters (two of them) at the local resale shop, which now each reside on the children's desks.

A motto is still in the works, but my son has created a sort of symbol-stamp with the date to act as a 'copywrite' or seal (pun, ha ha) and my daughter altered a saying of mine: "Leave Mommy Alone" time to work with the new theme: CLAM Time.

"Careful! Leave Alone Mommy!" Time is when my last nerve has been plucked and its no one's fault - and Mommy goes to her room, CLAMs shut, and gives herself a nice time out. The kids also get OTTER Time where they choose freely among the 'educational' choices both online, on TV, and on the bookcase.

The explanation for why they chose the Otter as a mascot has also been shuffled into an acronym (you'd never know their mom was a technical writer!): We are Otters because we are - Cute, Little messy, A bit chaotic, Smart, Zany!,Young.

Otter drawing by John Gibb