Great post. Really challenged my definition of the word "unschool". I particularly appreciated you mentioning the needs of the littlest members of your family - too often I think the baby and 3 year old get pushed into what older siblings are doing. For our family, this means that my youngest goes to 5 mornings a week of preschool. My reasons to homeschool are unrelated to any issues I have with preschool.

I also appreciate seeing your "evolution" - it seems most homeschool families change course several times and I like hearing how that happened for you!

I blog about homeschool (among other things) over @beriberi and hope you'll join the conversation.