A Little About Cal

Hi ... my name is Calahan. I am 13 years old.

I am about to finish 7th Grade in public school, and start 8th Grade at home. Lucky me, I get to learn through the summer! Mom says learning never stops, and it's part of everyday life.

I have been bullied at school by a few kids and I don't feel comfortable there anymore, and if you aren't comfortable someplace, how can you learn there?

So my Mom decided to homeschool me. She actually homeschooled me long ago but stopped because of my little brother.

That is my Mom and my Step-Dad Dennis. He is pretty cool. My Dad is still around but I live with my step-dad. My brother Noah and and I have the same dad, and my brothers Nathan and Kaedyn are my step-dad's kids. He loves us all the same though. He is a great step-dad.

I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was 4 years old. My mom had me in pre-school but after I was done, she realized that public school wasn't the
place for me to thrive with my learning. My mom found out that my brother Noah would come very tiny, and he would come sick. The DRs told her that he wouldn't even live. He came in Feb. 2002 and he was early, 1lb 12oz.

Knowing that he was coming with issues, unique as she says, she made the hard choice to put me back into public school. It wasn't easy for her, but she knew she wouldn't have the time she needed to devote to my learning. So back into public school I went, and the following day, after my first day, my Mom ended up in the hospital, a few days later my brother came. If you want to learn more about my brother Noah, go to my mom's blog My Unique Flowers.

That is me and my brother Noah when he was about a month old. He was so tiny, and I was 6. I was so happy to have a brother though, all I had wanted since I was 2 was a baby sister, but I guess a brother would have to do.

My mom and Dad had gotten a divorce after Noah was born and she met my step-dad when I was 10, (Noah was 4).

They were getting married, engaged, when she found out she was expecting my next little brother.

Half way through her pregnancy, we found out that he too, had problems. This time it was a cyst in his brain. He didn't come early but he came small. He was born with the weight of only 3lbs 4oz. To learn more about him, you can visit My Unique Flowers.

This is me outside his bed in the NICU. He was in the same bed, in the same spot, as my brother Noah. Mom said it must be good luck!

I was 11 and my brother Noah was 5 when Nathan was born.

I wasn't as scared when Nathan came along. I had already been through the whole NICU thing and knew all about it. It is something you don't forget.

Then a few months later, Mom found out she was expecting my littlest brother!

Kaedyn was born completely healthy! Mom says "YAY!" .. we got to go up to the hospital and hold him right away! Mom was in a regular room with the baby. Noah kept asking why we weren't at the NICU and staying at the Ronald McDonald House. Ha ha!

That is what was normal for us.

I was 12 when Kaedyn was born, Noah was 6, and Nathan was 16 months.

That's us! The 4 Brothers! My Mom has a homeschooling blog called THE 4 BROTHER'S RANCH .. check that out too. She also helped me right this blog and will be monitoring my comments and stuff so you better be nice.

Tomorrow I will tell you about Willy, and share some of my other interests.