We were paying for private school for two kids and before and after school day care. By the time government taxed the income necessary to fund that education and daycare, which pushed us both into a higher bracket because of where we live, my project engineering salary was reduced to about ten grand. To take that out of our budget was no major sacrifice.
I'm wrote a book while the kids studied and am now developing a business. The wife works four tens and goes to grad school. The twelve year old is nearly done with calculus. Both she and her younger sister are studying ancient Rome at the college level.
Life is good.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for homeschooling whenever possible. It doesn't surprise me in the least that your children are performing at the level you describe. I'll take a wild guess and suggest that your kids are being taught the things that should be taught; unlike public schools where Johnny is basically instructed in the 'virtues' of being a good little unquestioning socialist.
The NEA and other assorted leftists hate guys like you, Carry_Okie.;) It's embarrassing to them, so of course they resort to what some would call 'intangibles'; your children will be undersocialized, blah, blah, blah. You know what I mean.
Life is good.
Glad to hear it. Regards.