Thanks to some help from my mom today, I went to Sam's and bought all kinds of paper/ plastic products for us! Not that I am really excited about eating off paper/ plastic for awhile, but it really HAS saved me tremendous time in the kitchen!
600 plastic forks
600 plastic knives
600 plastic spoons
600 paper plates
150 paper bowls
160 plastic cups
I think we are set for awhile!
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Ten on Tuesday
1. It was 9:10 tonight and everybody was tucked into bed. How did we manage that??
2. Why am I not reading a book or watching something I want on TV? Why am I sitting on my computer??
3. Tomorrow is my birthday. Actually I am not too excited about turning 34. Ugh.
4. I think mother's should get more recognition than they do for their kids' birthdays. It takes a lot fof work to have a baby. So thank you mom for having me!
5. I took a meal to a friend of mine who had a baby about a week ago. I really enjoy doing this.
6. We didn't get to do school outside today. Christian took an earlier nap than expected and I didn't want to chase him around the back yard while trying to teach Megan. We did school inside and then went to the park for awhile.
7. Even though our playground is under construction at our park, the girls have been having great fun playing with leaves and sticks. Who knew? We usually go down there about 4 and stay til 5 or so. There was another little girl down there today, so they had a great time!
8. Tomorrow I am going to the gym and am doing yoga. I'm paying for it, I should at least use it once a week!
9. Tomorrow is AWANA again. We have been working on our AWANA verses during school. Megan's next lesson is to review the Old Testament books. She knew them last year, but I think she is scared to do it again. She knew the New Testament books really well!
10. Really, why can't we have gorgeous weather like this everyday???
2. Why am I not reading a book or watching something I want on TV? Why am I sitting on my computer??
3. Tomorrow is my birthday. Actually I am not too excited about turning 34. Ugh.
4. I think mother's should get more recognition than they do for their kids' birthdays. It takes a lot fof work to have a baby. So thank you mom for having me!
5. I took a meal to a friend of mine who had a baby about a week ago. I really enjoy doing this.
6. We didn't get to do school outside today. Christian took an earlier nap than expected and I didn't want to chase him around the back yard while trying to teach Megan. We did school inside and then went to the park for awhile.
7. Even though our playground is under construction at our park, the girls have been having great fun playing with leaves and sticks. Who knew? We usually go down there about 4 and stay til 5 or so. There was another little girl down there today, so they had a great time!
8. Tomorrow I am going to the gym and am doing yoga. I'm paying for it, I should at least use it once a week!
9. Tomorrow is AWANA again. We have been working on our AWANA verses during school. Megan's next lesson is to review the Old Testament books. She knew them last year, but I think she is scared to do it again. She knew the New Testament books really well!
10. Really, why can't we have gorgeous weather like this everyday???
Monday, September 26, 2011
Code of Hammarubi
I asked Megan tonight what her favorite part of school was today and she said history. Me too Megan!
You know what we learned about? The Code of Hammarubi. Don't know what it is? Ask Megan!!
(By the way, we sat outside for about 2 hours and did school today while Christian napped and Courtney played by herself outside. We had all our books spread out over the patio table, I wish I would've taken a picture. Anyway, it was great!)
You know what we learned about? The Code of Hammarubi. Don't know what it is? Ask Megan!!
(By the way, we sat outside for about 2 hours and did school today while Christian napped and Courtney played by herself outside. We had all our books spread out over the patio table, I wish I would've taken a picture. Anyway, it was great!)
New Chore Charts
For a long time now, we have had a "chore chart" hung up on the girls' bedrooms. They have certain chores they are expected to do and they get paid in nickels accordingly.
For awhile now, we have not been doing the chore chart. It all started when we went camping this summer and never got back to it, BUT the girls continued to do their chores! Boy, we have them trained. :)
So last night, we decided to get back to the chore chart, except with a few changes.
Megan's chores:
Make bed
Clean up bedroom
Clean up playroom
Feed Dell
Do Homework! (we have a little problem getting homework done, so we thought this would be an incentive. Well, it didn't work tonight.)
And of course, have a good attitude for the day.
Courtney's chores:
Make bed
Clean up bedroom
Clean up playroom
Clean off dining room table
Take everything that you took downstairs, back upstairs. (By the end of the day, there is usually a collection of Courtney's toys downstairs, we thought this would help.)
And Courtney also needs to have a good attitude for the day.
We took off "put clean clothes away." We only did this about once or twice a week, so now this is going to be an expectation that they will not get paid for.
I went by the door tonight and Matt had already given them sad/ happy faces for the day. Except a few that I thought should've been sad faces were happy faces. Hmmm. And Megan got a dash (don't earn or lose anything) for homework. She didn't get it done, I think she deserves a sad face! She is about 4 days behind on handwriting, but besides that, she only has math, so she doesn't have that much.
Matt also gave her the incentive tonight that if she does well at homeschooling all year and gets everything done, he would consider taking us all to Disneyworld next year. Heck, that is incentive for me too! What do I get for spending 16 hours a week teaching this kid? But I do thoroughly enjoy it, so that may be enough!
For awhile now, we have not been doing the chore chart. It all started when we went camping this summer and never got back to it, BUT the girls continued to do their chores! Boy, we have them trained. :)
So last night, we decided to get back to the chore chart, except with a few changes.
Megan's chores:
Make bed
Clean up bedroom
Clean up playroom
Feed Dell
Do Homework! (we have a little problem getting homework done, so we thought this would be an incentive. Well, it didn't work tonight.)
And of course, have a good attitude for the day.
Courtney's chores:
Make bed
Clean up bedroom
Clean up playroom
Clean off dining room table
Take everything that you took downstairs, back upstairs. (By the end of the day, there is usually a collection of Courtney's toys downstairs, we thought this would help.)
And Courtney also needs to have a good attitude for the day.
We took off "put clean clothes away." We only did this about once or twice a week, so now this is going to be an expectation that they will not get paid for.
I went by the door tonight and Matt had already given them sad/ happy faces for the day. Except a few that I thought should've been sad faces were happy faces. Hmmm. And Megan got a dash (don't earn or lose anything) for homework. She didn't get it done, I think she deserves a sad face! She is about 4 days behind on handwriting, but besides that, she only has math, so she doesn't have that much.
Matt also gave her the incentive tonight that if she does well at homeschooling all year and gets everything done, he would consider taking us all to Disneyworld next year. Heck, that is incentive for me too! What do I get for spending 16 hours a week teaching this kid? But I do thoroughly enjoy it, so that may be enough!
Sunday, September 25, 2011
This weekend
Couple things about this weekend. I know I hadn't posted all week, but I keep plenty busy with school and everything else.
1. Matt knows that I am under some more stress than usual and he's been quite helpful lately with the kids and around the house. Only yesterday morning, he was a little too helpful. He took all my silverware, all my glass plates and bowls, and my glasses and put them in the hutch. He replaced all of them with paper plates, plastic silveware, and plastic cups. He was tired of me complaining about doing dishes, so his solution was to get rid of the dishes. :) I do get to keep everything else. And yes, it does make life easier.
We sat down today and talked about everything I do here in a week and how much time I take to do it all. Our first figure was 216 hours. But there are only 158 hours in a week! I laughed! I said, "Now do you see why I am stressd out!! There aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done!" Eventually, we worked it out again and got it down to about 160 hours. I still have to eliminate two more hours.
We came up with some more solutions for getting things done around here in a more efficient way. We thought that maybe I should stop using cloth diapers for awhile, make the girls clean up ALL their messes upstairs and downtairs, have a new organizer for our shoes, make the girls give themselves showers, limit bedtime stories, limit meal time, etc. I really want homeschooling to work, but I am tired of getting to the end of the day and feeling exhausted!
2. We went car shopping! We have noticed quite a bit of rust under our sliding doors on our car. Matt kicked a piece of it the other day and whole bunch just fell off! We got an estimate and it was going to cost $2500 to get it fixed, BUT they wouldn't guarantee the work. They said they could fix it, but it would probably come right back. At least he was honest! He said he would much rather put our money towards a new car.
So, off we went to look at new vans with no intentions to buy. We ended up in Fremont looking at Chrysler, which was a nice van, but off course, we got, "How much would it take for you to drive it off the lot tonight??" They almost had Matt! He did give them a deposit, but we want to look at another one tomorrow. We are also second-guessing this one in Fremont because we're not sure if our carseats will work in it, plus we looked it up on Kelly's Blue Book and they were charging us about $3000 more than that says! Hmmm. They also gave us some money for our van. It will be a sad day when we get rid of it, we've had it over 8 years and we've driven it about 85,000 miles. Matt just wants to get rid of it while we can still get some money for it. He thinks that by the end of this winter, we could have huge holes in the side of the van from the rust. I don't want that. Maybe we'll have a new van tomorrow, maybe not...
1. Matt knows that I am under some more stress than usual and he's been quite helpful lately with the kids and around the house. Only yesterday morning, he was a little too helpful. He took all my silverware, all my glass plates and bowls, and my glasses and put them in the hutch. He replaced all of them with paper plates, plastic silveware, and plastic cups. He was tired of me complaining about doing dishes, so his solution was to get rid of the dishes. :) I do get to keep everything else. And yes, it does make life easier.
We sat down today and talked about everything I do here in a week and how much time I take to do it all. Our first figure was 216 hours. But there are only 158 hours in a week! I laughed! I said, "Now do you see why I am stressd out!! There aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done!" Eventually, we worked it out again and got it down to about 160 hours. I still have to eliminate two more hours.
We came up with some more solutions for getting things done around here in a more efficient way. We thought that maybe I should stop using cloth diapers for awhile, make the girls clean up ALL their messes upstairs and downtairs, have a new organizer for our shoes, make the girls give themselves showers, limit bedtime stories, limit meal time, etc. I really want homeschooling to work, but I am tired of getting to the end of the day and feeling exhausted!
2. We went car shopping! We have noticed quite a bit of rust under our sliding doors on our car. Matt kicked a piece of it the other day and whole bunch just fell off! We got an estimate and it was going to cost $2500 to get it fixed, BUT they wouldn't guarantee the work. They said they could fix it, but it would probably come right back. At least he was honest! He said he would much rather put our money towards a new car.
So, off we went to look at new vans with no intentions to buy. We ended up in Fremont looking at Chrysler, which was a nice van, but off course, we got, "How much would it take for you to drive it off the lot tonight??" They almost had Matt! He did give them a deposit, but we want to look at another one tomorrow. We are also second-guessing this one in Fremont because we're not sure if our carseats will work in it, plus we looked it up on Kelly's Blue Book and they were charging us about $3000 more than that says! Hmmm. They also gave us some money for our van. It will be a sad day when we get rid of it, we've had it over 8 years and we've driven it about 85,000 miles. Matt just wants to get rid of it while we can still get some money for it. He thinks that by the end of this winter, we could have huge holes in the side of the van from the rust. I don't want that. Maybe we'll have a new van tomorrow, maybe not...
Monday, September 19, 2011
Less Stressful Monday
I don't know what it was about today, but I was not stressed out at all. My jaw never hurt and chest didn't hurt either. I am either getting heartburn or costochondirits back, I can't tell, but whatever it was, it didn't show up today.
After talking A LOT about it this weekend with Matt, I think it comes down to the point that with homeschooling, I have lost time to myself. In the past, we have always had "quiet time" from 1-3. The girls run off to play in their room and that left me all by myself. Once Christian came along, we still followed this schedule, except he just did his thing. I enjoyed not having to talk to anyone for two hours. As much as it was quiet time for the girls, it was really for me. :) It was relaxing to me. I would clean the house, do the laundry, and just do my own thing.
Now, gone is quiet time for me! With Christian taking two hour naps from 1-3, it is a perfect time to homeschool. Courtney still runs off and does her own thing and it is great to teach Megan without any distractions. This all works great, until we are done. I had envisioned that when we were done for the day, Megan would run off and the two girls would get along great! WRONG!! Last week, I was pulling my hair out. I would let Megan have a break and she couldn't get along with the other kids for anything. So now after teaching her for 2-3 hours, I have to continue conversing with her by discipling her every move. This would last until Matt got home at 5:30 or so. I just wanted some time to not talk to anybody!
Today, I gave her a break and she continued to hang around me. I told her she needed to go play with Courtney and I went and called a friend and sat outside. (out of sight, out of mind, right?) After a little bit, I came in and the girls were upstairs playing. Ah, perfect! This little break to myself did me wonders. Even if I was talking to a friend, it was time to myself. Some adult time.
A little bit later, we finished up school and I took all three kids outside. Again, Megan said, "Mom, play with me." I again told her, "I just taught you for 3 hours, please play by yourself." So she did and I could spend some time with Courtney and Christian. As much as I love her and I am really enjoying homeschooling, I tell her that I cannot entertain her 24 hours a day. I need a break from my children too! I really think this is why she loves homeschooling, she has always been one that has needed to be around somebody at all times. This fits her personality, but please, when we are done, give me a little break and go play with your sister nicely and don't bother your brother!
We will see what tomorrow will bring!
After talking A LOT about it this weekend with Matt, I think it comes down to the point that with homeschooling, I have lost time to myself. In the past, we have always had "quiet time" from 1-3. The girls run off to play in their room and that left me all by myself. Once Christian came along, we still followed this schedule, except he just did his thing. I enjoyed not having to talk to anyone for two hours. As much as it was quiet time for the girls, it was really for me. :) It was relaxing to me. I would clean the house, do the laundry, and just do my own thing.
Now, gone is quiet time for me! With Christian taking two hour naps from 1-3, it is a perfect time to homeschool. Courtney still runs off and does her own thing and it is great to teach Megan without any distractions. This all works great, until we are done. I had envisioned that when we were done for the day, Megan would run off and the two girls would get along great! WRONG!! Last week, I was pulling my hair out. I would let Megan have a break and she couldn't get along with the other kids for anything. So now after teaching her for 2-3 hours, I have to continue conversing with her by discipling her every move. This would last until Matt got home at 5:30 or so. I just wanted some time to not talk to anybody!
Today, I gave her a break and she continued to hang around me. I told her she needed to go play with Courtney and I went and called a friend and sat outside. (out of sight, out of mind, right?) After a little bit, I came in and the girls were upstairs playing. Ah, perfect! This little break to myself did me wonders. Even if I was talking to a friend, it was time to myself. Some adult time.
A little bit later, we finished up school and I took all three kids outside. Again, Megan said, "Mom, play with me." I again told her, "I just taught you for 3 hours, please play by yourself." So she did and I could spend some time with Courtney and Christian. As much as I love her and I am really enjoying homeschooling, I tell her that I cannot entertain her 24 hours a day. I need a break from my children too! I really think this is why she loves homeschooling, she has always been one that has needed to be around somebody at all times. This fits her personality, but please, when we are done, give me a little break and go play with your sister nicely and don't bother your brother!
We will see what tomorrow will bring!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Interesting Day :)
Couple interesting things happened today.
1. We were at church this morning and somebody who didn't know we were homeschooling asked me how Megan was enjoying school. I told her we were homeschooling and she asked me how it was going. I said it is stressful for the moment. She didn't offer me encouragement, but she told me I should enroll Megan back in public school! I told I wanted to give it until Christmas, but she said it would be much better to enroll her now, while they were still establishing routines, than at semester break. I tend to differ.
She also asked why we pulled her out. I told her our main reasons were because they go to school 10 months out of the year and she is there all day without any time to be a kid. Her response was that there was PLENTY of time to be a kid at school. I just laughed, she must not know the Millard system very well, I know her kids go to OPS. Our conversation about "downtime" went something like this.
Her: "They get recess."
Me. "Yes, but only 20 minutes once a day and half the time it is indoors."
Her: "They have lunch."
Me. "Yes, only 25 minutes."
Her, "They get downtime when standing in line."
Me. "Haha!" (ok, I didn't say this. :) When I sit up there in the office and watch the kids walk through the halls while Megan is in art class, they don't get to speak a word. Megan's school is very quiet, which is good, but there is no downtime while they are line! I just kind of chuckled to myself on this one!
I am not against public school at all. We just wanted to give homeschooling a try. We might need to send Megan back if stress gets the best of me, but Matt and I both want homeschooling to work. I wish there was more "down time" but I know schools want to pass their standarized tests, so they teach every minute that they can.
She also told me that she likes it that her kids go to school. She loves her kids dearly and enjoys them when they are home, but she says school is good for them. I agree! I always feel like I am on the defenses when it comes to this subject. I put my kid through public school for two years, I understand! School did wonders for Megan! There are a few things I know she is missing out on, but she's also gaining some things by being at home. It's a give and take situation. I guess it is about your priorities and what you want to emphasize when it comes to your kids' education.
2. After we got home from church (and rejustified ourselves on the way home about why we were homeschooling and maybe some ways to change the schedule so I can destress a little bit), we changed our clothes and about 4, headed downtown. The Open Door Mission had a walk-athon this afternoon. We parked our car about a mile away and then walked the mile to the mission. This is the exact path that the homeless men take everyday when they go there. The theme was, "I walked a mile in their shoes, did you?" Christian rode in his stroller and the rest of us walked.
Once we got to the open door mission, we ate some soup and bread and then we went on a tour of the Lydia House and the new apartment building they just opened. I really want to do service projects down there with my girls as part of homeschooling and I thought this was a perfect opportunity to learn what the open door mission was all about. The girls came on the tour and we talked about it. I was impressed with the programming and buildings down there and I am anxious to volunteer there really soon! I think they girls are too!
I think that is all the interesting stories I have for today. Megan has art class in the morning and Courtney has preschool. I am taking Megan to art first so she can get there early, then I am going to drop Courtney off. I need to run some errands in the morning. I was talking to Matt today about giving up my gym membership. It's nice and all, but instead of meeting up with homeschooling groups, I feel I need to go to the gym since I am paying so much for it. I really need to find some support! I am also not getting other things done like I need because I am going to the gym. Yes, I love my time to myself, I love exercising, and the kids enjoy it but I have plenty of other things to keep me busy that don't cost so much. I'll give it another week or so and then make a decision.
1. We were at church this morning and somebody who didn't know we were homeschooling asked me how Megan was enjoying school. I told her we were homeschooling and she asked me how it was going. I said it is stressful for the moment. She didn't offer me encouragement, but she told me I should enroll Megan back in public school! I told I wanted to give it until Christmas, but she said it would be much better to enroll her now, while they were still establishing routines, than at semester break. I tend to differ.
She also asked why we pulled her out. I told her our main reasons were because they go to school 10 months out of the year and she is there all day without any time to be a kid. Her response was that there was PLENTY of time to be a kid at school. I just laughed, she must not know the Millard system very well, I know her kids go to OPS. Our conversation about "downtime" went something like this.
Her: "They get recess."
Me. "Yes, but only 20 minutes once a day and half the time it is indoors."
Her: "They have lunch."
Me. "Yes, only 25 minutes."
Her, "They get downtime when standing in line."
Me. "Haha!" (ok, I didn't say this. :) When I sit up there in the office and watch the kids walk through the halls while Megan is in art class, they don't get to speak a word. Megan's school is very quiet, which is good, but there is no downtime while they are line! I just kind of chuckled to myself on this one!
I am not against public school at all. We just wanted to give homeschooling a try. We might need to send Megan back if stress gets the best of me, but Matt and I both want homeschooling to work. I wish there was more "down time" but I know schools want to pass their standarized tests, so they teach every minute that they can.
She also told me that she likes it that her kids go to school. She loves her kids dearly and enjoys them when they are home, but she says school is good for them. I agree! I always feel like I am on the defenses when it comes to this subject. I put my kid through public school for two years, I understand! School did wonders for Megan! There are a few things I know she is missing out on, but she's also gaining some things by being at home. It's a give and take situation. I guess it is about your priorities and what you want to emphasize when it comes to your kids' education.
2. After we got home from church (and rejustified ourselves on the way home about why we were homeschooling and maybe some ways to change the schedule so I can destress a little bit), we changed our clothes and about 4, headed downtown. The Open Door Mission had a walk-athon this afternoon. We parked our car about a mile away and then walked the mile to the mission. This is the exact path that the homeless men take everyday when they go there. The theme was, "I walked a mile in their shoes, did you?" Christian rode in his stroller and the rest of us walked.
Once we got to the open door mission, we ate some soup and bread and then we went on a tour of the Lydia House and the new apartment building they just opened. I really want to do service projects down there with my girls as part of homeschooling and I thought this was a perfect opportunity to learn what the open door mission was all about. The girls came on the tour and we talked about it. I was impressed with the programming and buildings down there and I am anxious to volunteer there really soon! I think they girls are too!
I think that is all the interesting stories I have for today. Megan has art class in the morning and Courtney has preschool. I am taking Megan to art first so she can get there early, then I am going to drop Courtney off. I need to run some errands in the morning. I was talking to Matt today about giving up my gym membership. It's nice and all, but instead of meeting up with homeschooling groups, I feel I need to go to the gym since I am paying so much for it. I really need to find some support! I am also not getting other things done like I need because I am going to the gym. Yes, I love my time to myself, I love exercising, and the kids enjoy it but I have plenty of other things to keep me busy that don't cost so much. I'll give it another week or so and then make a decision.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Shopping on Friday!
What do you do when you have 4 day lesson plans (on most subjects) and don't do school on Friday??
You go shopping all afternoon!!!
Megan and Christian were in NEED of winter clothes, grandma was in town, so off we went! And we got a lot accomplished! Yes, Courtney got a couple of things, but she has a whole container of clothes her size in the attic. I feel sorry for her that I can't buy her a whole new wardrobe like the other kids, but it's kind of the life of being the 2nd girl who fits into all her sister's old clothes.
Megan was in so much need that she wore one of her princess dresses to the store. It was so much fun to see everybody's reactions, they all thought she was dressed up for Halloween. She did tell a few people that she didn't have any winter clothes, which was the truth.
There was also one point when I had my stroller overflowing with new clothes for the kids (30% off at Kohl's, wouldn't you buy a bunch too??). As I was walking past these two older ladies, I heard one whisper to the other, "Did you see her cart??" I don't think I was supposed to hear her, but I did. I turned around and said, "Yes, I am buying a lot because my children need winter clothes." And she said, "Oops, you heard me..." Yes I did!
I also had to correct Megan at one point in the day. We were in Sam's and she was talking to a lady who was giving out samples. Somehow the subject of school came up and Megan said to her, "I don't go to school." Quickly, I had to correct her because the lady gave her an odd look, I said, "Yes, Megan, you go to school." "Oh right," she told the lady, "I homeschool." After we moved on, I told her never to tell anybody that she doesn't go to school because mom and dad could go put in jail for not sending her to school!
When we got home, the girls put on some of their new clothes and danced around the house all night. Once I pull the container out of the attic for Courtney, she will have fun going through all those too.
I can't believe it just got cold overnight! BRRR.
You go shopping all afternoon!!!
Megan and Christian were in NEED of winter clothes, grandma was in town, so off we went! And we got a lot accomplished! Yes, Courtney got a couple of things, but she has a whole container of clothes her size in the attic. I feel sorry for her that I can't buy her a whole new wardrobe like the other kids, but it's kind of the life of being the 2nd girl who fits into all her sister's old clothes.
Megan was in so much need that she wore one of her princess dresses to the store. It was so much fun to see everybody's reactions, they all thought she was dressed up for Halloween. She did tell a few people that she didn't have any winter clothes, which was the truth.
There was also one point when I had my stroller overflowing with new clothes for the kids (30% off at Kohl's, wouldn't you buy a bunch too??). As I was walking past these two older ladies, I heard one whisper to the other, "Did you see her cart??" I don't think I was supposed to hear her, but I did. I turned around and said, "Yes, I am buying a lot because my children need winter clothes." And she said, "Oops, you heard me..." Yes I did!
I also had to correct Megan at one point in the day. We were in Sam's and she was talking to a lady who was giving out samples. Somehow the subject of school came up and Megan said to her, "I don't go to school." Quickly, I had to correct her because the lady gave her an odd look, I said, "Yes, Megan, you go to school." "Oh right," she told the lady, "I homeschool." After we moved on, I told her never to tell anybody that she doesn't go to school because mom and dad could go put in jail for not sending her to school!
When we got home, the girls put on some of their new clothes and danced around the house all night. Once I pull the container out of the attic for Courtney, she will have fun going through all those too.
I can't believe it just got cold overnight! BRRR.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Stress-Reliever!
Nothing like cleaning some disgusting bathrooms to relieve some stress!
We actually decided to stay home this morning to catch up on some housework. That is one thing that is lagging because of homeschooling. The girls haven't had much time to just play all week either, they are being great, the baby is great in his room. Off to more bathrooms!
(Bathrooms were not my intention this morning, it was more like laundry, but they needed to be cleaned, so I just attacked them first!)
We actually decided to stay home this morning to catch up on some housework. That is one thing that is lagging because of homeschooling. The girls haven't had much time to just play all week either, they are being great, the baby is great in his room. Off to more bathrooms!
(Bathrooms were not my intention this morning, it was more like laundry, but they needed to be cleaned, so I just attacked them first!)
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Crazy Time!
One downfall of sitting at the kitchen table for 2 hours doing schoolwork...somebody is CRAZY when I let her have a break. Like, running around with endless energy crazy!!
This has happened everyday this week and she, meaning Megan, usually gets put in time-out because she can't keep her hands off Christian, keeps teasing Christian, or is fighting over something with her sister. I don't want I am going to do this winter. Now I can at least shove her outside to run off some of her energy, but not in a month or two. We might need a new game plan by then.
This has happened everyday this week and she, meaning Megan, usually gets put in time-out because she can't keep her hands off Christian, keeps teasing Christian, or is fighting over something with her sister. I don't want I am going to do this winter. Now I can at least shove her outside to run off some of her energy, but not in a month or two. We might need a new game plan by then.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Today went much better!
Today was busy, but we had no tears from anybody at the Ruwe house! Yay!
I took all the kids to the gym this morning, then had a 15 month well-baby appointment for Christian. He weighs 23 pounds (23%) and is 33 inches tall (93%). He is tall and skinny!
Then home for lunch and school all afternoon. Seriously, we did school until Megan went to bed. She had breaks, don't worry. If our read-alouds didn't take an hour and a half, we would have been done much sooner!
I'm glad I didn't have much else to do today and I could get housework done while Megan was working, that seems to work good.
Tomorrow it's shower day again for all the kids in the morning, so we'll be up early and out the door for preschool again. We have AWANA tomorrow night, so hopefully I can find Courtney's Cubbies paper before we go. Megan has her verses memorized for Sparks, thanks to incorporating it into school everyday!
Hopefully my stress level will go down too as we begin to fall into a routine!
I took all the kids to the gym this morning, then had a 15 month well-baby appointment for Christian. He weighs 23 pounds (23%) and is 33 inches tall (93%). He is tall and skinny!
Then home for lunch and school all afternoon. Seriously, we did school until Megan went to bed. She had breaks, don't worry. If our read-alouds didn't take an hour and a half, we would have been done much sooner!
I'm glad I didn't have much else to do today and I could get housework done while Megan was working, that seems to work good.
Tomorrow it's shower day again for all the kids in the morning, so we'll be up early and out the door for preschool again. We have AWANA tomorrow night, so hopefully I can find Courtney's Cubbies paper before we go. Megan has her verses memorized for Sparks, thanks to incorporating it into school everyday!
Hopefully my stress level will go down too as we begin to fall into a routine!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Not so good Monday :(
Today did not go so well. Let's just say that my stress level has about doubled since I started homeschooling full- time and I'm not so sure what to do about it. So with this in mind, today did not go very well, at least in the morning.
All started with getting up late. Instead of rolling out of bed at 7, it was more like 7:30, but I was awake for 2 hours last night, so I was tired!
I had to get through the shower and get 3 kids through the shower before 8:40. I knew I could do it, but I had to go quickly and with COOPERATION from the kids!
We all got breakfast and I put the kids through the shower, Megan was not cooperating at all, but the other two did fine.
8:40 load into the car and we are off to drop Courtney off at preschool. Today was tricky though because not only did I have to drop Courtney off at preschool, but Megan takes art class at Aldrich at 9 am on Mondays. I really wanted to have her there on time.
Courtney's drop off went smoothly and we got to Aldrich about 9. While I am parking to unload everybody, I hear, "I don't want to go to art class" with a pouty face. I said, "You're going."
I get everybody into the school and get Megan checked in at the office. I check myself in because I usually walk her to her art room. We proceed down the hallway and we are about 10 feet from the door when I notice that her class is in there already and I look at her and she has big tears coming down her face! I asked her what was wrong and she said again, "I don't want to go to art class." I tried talking her into going in, but she wasn't having any of it. I knew I couldn't send her into class crying, so I walked back to the office to deal with the situation.
We sat in the office for a couple of minutes. The secretary noticed she wasn't going to class and said, "You better get to class, you're getting a grade for it." I really didn't know what to do. If I took her back home, she would pull this stunt again next week. I had to get her to class.
Then I stood up and said, "Ok Megan, let's try it again" and I walked out of the office. She followed me, still crying. We got a little further and she put herself against the wall, refusing to go to class. Then a 2nd grade teacher walked out of her room and asked if everything was ok, I said yes. About a minute later, a paraprofessional walked by and said," Can I help you with anything?" I said, "Yes, I need to get my daughter to art class!" She started to talk to Megan and I walked back to the office leaving Megan with the teacher. I knew that if I walked away, she might be able to get her to class.
I sat down in the office where Megan could not see me. By this time, she has wasted 15 minutes of class time. About two minutes later, Megan is gone. The para got her to go to class! I was going to run an errand during this time, but there was only 15 minutes left, so I just stayed there. The principal came in and talked to me while I was there, she wanted to know how things were going.
At 9:30, Megan comes back to the office with a smile on her face! She said she wasn't smiling because of art class, she was smiling because she saw two of her best friends from last year.
So back in the car and off to our errands (take dad something). Dad had a little talk with her about how disappointed we were in her and how she is going to class. Next week, I am going to take her to Aldrich first at about 8:40 and she is going to sit in the office until 9 by herself. Then I will take Courtney to preschool at 8:50. Hopefully that will work better!
Lunch went smooth, naptime went great, and we finished everything for school today and got the house picked up from the weekend.
Why are Mondays soo hard?
All started with getting up late. Instead of rolling out of bed at 7, it was more like 7:30, but I was awake for 2 hours last night, so I was tired!
I had to get through the shower and get 3 kids through the shower before 8:40. I knew I could do it, but I had to go quickly and with COOPERATION from the kids!
We all got breakfast and I put the kids through the shower, Megan was not cooperating at all, but the other two did fine.
8:40 load into the car and we are off to drop Courtney off at preschool. Today was tricky though because not only did I have to drop Courtney off at preschool, but Megan takes art class at Aldrich at 9 am on Mondays. I really wanted to have her there on time.
Courtney's drop off went smoothly and we got to Aldrich about 9. While I am parking to unload everybody, I hear, "I don't want to go to art class" with a pouty face. I said, "You're going."
I get everybody into the school and get Megan checked in at the office. I check myself in because I usually walk her to her art room. We proceed down the hallway and we are about 10 feet from the door when I notice that her class is in there already and I look at her and she has big tears coming down her face! I asked her what was wrong and she said again, "I don't want to go to art class." I tried talking her into going in, but she wasn't having any of it. I knew I couldn't send her into class crying, so I walked back to the office to deal with the situation.
We sat in the office for a couple of minutes. The secretary noticed she wasn't going to class and said, "You better get to class, you're getting a grade for it." I really didn't know what to do. If I took her back home, she would pull this stunt again next week. I had to get her to class.
Then I stood up and said, "Ok Megan, let's try it again" and I walked out of the office. She followed me, still crying. We got a little further and she put herself against the wall, refusing to go to class. Then a 2nd grade teacher walked out of her room and asked if everything was ok, I said yes. About a minute later, a paraprofessional walked by and said," Can I help you with anything?" I said, "Yes, I need to get my daughter to art class!" She started to talk to Megan and I walked back to the office leaving Megan with the teacher. I knew that if I walked away, she might be able to get her to class.
I sat down in the office where Megan could not see me. By this time, she has wasted 15 minutes of class time. About two minutes later, Megan is gone. The para got her to go to class! I was going to run an errand during this time, but there was only 15 minutes left, so I just stayed there. The principal came in and talked to me while I was there, she wanted to know how things were going.
At 9:30, Megan comes back to the office with a smile on her face! She said she wasn't smiling because of art class, she was smiling because she saw two of her best friends from last year.
So back in the car and off to our errands (take dad something). Dad had a little talk with her about how disappointed we were in her and how she is going to class. Next week, I am going to take her to Aldrich first at about 8:40 and she is going to sit in the office until 9 by herself. Then I will take Courtney to preschool at 8:50. Hopefully that will work better!
Lunch went smooth, naptime went great, and we finished everything for school today and got the house picked up from the weekend.
Why are Mondays soo hard?
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Lets play along!
I saw this on somebody else's blog and even though I wasn't tagged, I thought I would play along.
teaching a toddler how to talk, we need a new word beside "tractor"
getting used to not having a clean house.
working on relieving stress
hanging out with friends
soaking up the sun before winter hits
researching science projects and better science curriculum
singing along with the girls as we listen to the same CD for the 50th time in the car
listening to all the questions my girls come up with
playing baseball wtih Christian in the house
praying that homeschooling will work out
saving so I can keep my gym membership
baking in my microwave lately to save on our electicity bills
planning on going jetskiing tomorrow
watching my daughter play with one of her old classmates from public school
wishing that we could get hooked up with some homeschooling families and start to make some connections
looking for winter clothes for the oldest and youngest
having no desire for snow
starting to realize that it is almost my 34th birthday.
thanking God for everything I have!
teaching a toddler how to talk, we need a new word beside "tractor"
getting used to not having a clean house.
working on relieving stress
hanging out with friends
soaking up the sun before winter hits
researching science projects and better science curriculum
singing along with the girls as we listen to the same CD for the 50th time in the car
listening to all the questions my girls come up with
playing baseball wtih Christian in the house
praying that homeschooling will work out
saving so I can keep my gym membership
baking in my microwave lately to save on our electicity bills
planning on going jetskiing tomorrow
watching my daughter play with one of her old classmates from public school
wishing that we could get hooked up with some homeschooling families and start to make some connections
looking for winter clothes for the oldest and youngest
having no desire for snow
starting to realize that it is almost my 34th birthday.
thanking God for everything I have!
Friday, September 9, 2011
What do you get when...
you have spent all week homeschooling and haven't cleaned the house?
Ruwe Family Fun Cleaning Night!
Just for the record- it about 2 1/2 hours to clean up last night.
An hour for the downstairs- piano room, living, room, kitchen, which included vaccuuming!
While I vaccuumed, we sent the girls up stairs to start on the playroom. This took almost an hour and a half! It was almost 10 pm by the time everything was clean!
My thought- Why can't we do this every week? Why do I work hard everyday to keep the house clean when we can all pitch in and get it done in a couple of hours? Now I don't have the time to keep it up.
I will say though, the playroom was out of control and I could tell the girls were getting tired of cleaning by the end, so it probably didn't have to take soooo long. But we always tell them, "You made the mess, you clean it up." Or "If you wouldn't make it such a mess to start with, there wouldn't be so much to clean up." Maybe they'll get it someday. The problem is when they clean up every night, they have learned to just throw things in the corner and thus making a bigger mess for later. The floor is clean, but their art supply corner is a disaster or the closet or the dresser where we store toys. They put the books in front of the bookshelf instead of on the bookshelf. We'll see how long it stays clean this time.
One of our main reasons for cleaning was that Megan is having a friend from school over to play this afternoon. I love having people over- it gives me the incentive to clean the place up! Who wants to come over next week??
Ruwe Family Fun Cleaning Night!
Just for the record- it about 2 1/2 hours to clean up last night.
An hour for the downstairs- piano room, living, room, kitchen, which included vaccuuming!
While I vaccuumed, we sent the girls up stairs to start on the playroom. This took almost an hour and a half! It was almost 10 pm by the time everything was clean!
My thought- Why can't we do this every week? Why do I work hard everyday to keep the house clean when we can all pitch in and get it done in a couple of hours? Now I don't have the time to keep it up.
I will say though, the playroom was out of control and I could tell the girls were getting tired of cleaning by the end, so it probably didn't have to take soooo long. But we always tell them, "You made the mess, you clean it up." Or "If you wouldn't make it such a mess to start with, there wouldn't be so much to clean up." Maybe they'll get it someday. The problem is when they clean up every night, they have learned to just throw things in the corner and thus making a bigger mess for later. The floor is clean, but their art supply corner is a disaster or the closet or the dresser where we store toys. They put the books in front of the bookshelf instead of on the bookshelf. We'll see how long it stays clean this time.
One of our main reasons for cleaning was that Megan is having a friend from school over to play this afternoon. I love having people over- it gives me the incentive to clean the place up! Who wants to come over next week??
School
Ok, as for yesterday, I went to the gym in the morning. The girls got up and were just crazy, so I thought we could go burn off some energy. I was also kind of stressed out about the day, so I had some stress to burn off, so off we went! We did end up getting everything done for school except for one subject! Not bad!
Today Courtney had preschool, so we did errands and such this morning, we are about to get school started for the afternoon. I don't think we are going to get everything done, but there's always tomorrow (Even though I will hate to do school on Saturdays, I really want to get the week's worth of assignments done before we start again next Monday!)
But first I have to deal with some bad behavior. I have noticed that since we have started schooling, I have some behavior troubles with Megan. I think it is because while we are schooling, she gets 1 on 1 attention, which she loves! The problem is that when it is time to be done or for her to interact again with the other kids and NOT get that full attention, she strives for it by being naughty. Something else to figure out for this next year!
Today Courtney had preschool, so we did errands and such this morning, we are about to get school started for the afternoon. I don't think we are going to get everything done, but there's always tomorrow (Even though I will hate to do school on Saturdays, I really want to get the week's worth of assignments done before we start again next Monday!)
But first I have to deal with some bad behavior. I have noticed that since we have started schooling, I have some behavior troubles with Megan. I think it is because while we are schooling, she gets 1 on 1 attention, which she loves! The problem is that when it is time to be done or for her to interact again with the other kids and NOT get that full attention, she strives for it by being naughty. Something else to figure out for this next year!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Too busy...
I'm very perplexed at what to do right now.
Here is my plan for the day:
Class at the gym at 10 am
Appointment at 1 pm (Grandma watching kids)
Megan's first dance class at 4:15
tomorrow: Preschool from 9-11:30
Homeschool get-together at 10
Grandma coming to visit at 3:30
When am I going to homeschool Megan???
For the last two days, I have taught her almost 2 hours in the morning and almost 2 hours in the afternoon and we still are not done with the day's assignments! We played "catch-up" yesterday and we still didn't get done.
I am bogged down. Can I still have a life outside of homeschooling? Or should I stay home every morning and afternoon to get it done? There are things that need to get done and my poor kids need some socialization. Do I just skip school today and do everything I need to do? Or do I skip the gym (and maybe get rid of my gym membership?) and just get out this afternoon?
I was told I was going to need to stay home more and teach, but I was also told that school shouldn't take more than 2-3 hours. Is there too much "teacher" in me that makes me want to do everything 100%, therefore, it is taking more time? Or is Megan not cooperating all the time and it is taking us longer? Is just the fact that I have so much material to get through? Or is it the face that I'm trying to take care of two other kids while we do school? I need to figure something out!
Here is my plan for the day:
Class at the gym at 10 am
Appointment at 1 pm (Grandma watching kids)
Megan's first dance class at 4:15
tomorrow: Preschool from 9-11:30
Homeschool get-together at 10
Grandma coming to visit at 3:30
When am I going to homeschool Megan???
For the last two days, I have taught her almost 2 hours in the morning and almost 2 hours in the afternoon and we still are not done with the day's assignments! We played "catch-up" yesterday and we still didn't get done.
I am bogged down. Can I still have a life outside of homeschooling? Or should I stay home every morning and afternoon to get it done? There are things that need to get done and my poor kids need some socialization. Do I just skip school today and do everything I need to do? Or do I skip the gym (and maybe get rid of my gym membership?) and just get out this afternoon?
I was told I was going to need to stay home more and teach, but I was also told that school shouldn't take more than 2-3 hours. Is there too much "teacher" in me that makes me want to do everything 100%, therefore, it is taking more time? Or is Megan not cooperating all the time and it is taking us longer? Is just the fact that I have so much material to get through? Or is it the face that I'm trying to take care of two other kids while we do school? I need to figure something out!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
She survived Preschool!
Today was Courtney's first day of preschool. Knowing Courtney, I thought she would be scared out of her mind and cry and hang on to me when we went to drop her off. She does this everywhere else I take her!
But today was different and I am very thankful! We have been talking about preschool for about a week about how fun it was and how much she is going to learn. I really wanted to avoid first day meltdown! It worked! Last night before she went to bed, she said, "Mommy, I'm excited for preschool, but I'm still scared."
This morning, she got up and got dressed with no problem! We loaded the kids up (taxi driver begins!) and I took all three kids up there. Matt met us up there too.
We got her nametag and got her into her classroom. She hung up her backpack and got settled into class. She didn't have a huge smile on her face, but she wasn't crying either. I think she was just taking it all in. We left and hoped for the best. But by the way it was looking, she would do well!
Matt went back to work and since Christian still had a low-grade fever, I brought Megan and Christian back home. We had some catching-up to do for school, so I thought this would be a great time to do schoolwork. It was too, we got a lot accomplished in two hours!
About 11:10, I packed Megan and Christian back up and headed up to get Courtney. When she came out of her classroom, she was all smiles. She said, "I had soooo much fun in preschool today. I can't wait to come back! It's more fun than home!" Ahhh, what a sigh of relief. She said she made a friend and did a craft. She had popcorn for snack and just had a great time.
I don't think we'll have a problem on Friday at all!
But today was different and I am very thankful! We have been talking about preschool for about a week about how fun it was and how much she is going to learn. I really wanted to avoid first day meltdown! It worked! Last night before she went to bed, she said, "Mommy, I'm excited for preschool, but I'm still scared."
This morning, she got up and got dressed with no problem! We loaded the kids up (taxi driver begins!) and I took all three kids up there. Matt met us up there too.
We got her nametag and got her into her classroom. She hung up her backpack and got settled into class. She didn't have a huge smile on her face, but she wasn't crying either. I think she was just taking it all in. We left and hoped for the best. But by the way it was looking, she would do well!
Matt went back to work and since Christian still had a low-grade fever, I brought Megan and Christian back home. We had some catching-up to do for school, so I thought this would be a great time to do schoolwork. It was too, we got a lot accomplished in two hours!
About 11:10, I packed Megan and Christian back up and headed up to get Courtney. When she came out of her classroom, she was all smiles. She said, "I had soooo much fun in preschool today. I can't wait to come back! It's more fun than home!" Ahhh, what a sigh of relief. She said she made a friend and did a craft. She had popcorn for snack and just had a great time.
I don't think we'll have a problem on Friday at all!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Catch-Up Day
After being gone camping last weekend and starting homeschooling full-time today, I had much to do today!
We brought everything from camping in last night when we got home, but today was the day to put it all away plus wash all the laundry. We cleaned everything out of the camper because we think we are going to winterize it and put it away for the year. I pulled all the blankets and sheets off the beds and brought all the food home. Anything that I don't want in there for the winter, I brought home yesterday. Today, I had to find a place to put it all. I think I got that job about done.
As for laundry, I am still working on it.
In the middle of sorting through all the camping stuff, today was the first day that we were going to do everything for school in one day instead of splitting it between two days. Well, we didn't quite make it through everything. As I sit here, I know that we did not get math, handwriting, or our copywork done for school today. We simply ran out of time.
We were supposed to do a math, handwriting, and a lesson from our readers on Friday. That day got away from me because I was packing and getting groceries and we didn't get to it. I told myself that we would do it last night when we got home. We didn't pull in until 8 pm last night (Not to mention we had another math, handwriting, and a reading lesson for yesterday). So, we didn't get to it then either. So now we are 2 lessons behind in those three subjects.
Right away after breakfast, I pulled out Megan's math and we did a lesson. Ok, one down, 2 more to go because with today, we added yet another math, handwriting, and reading lesson.
After doing one lesson in math, I decided to get everybody through the bath. So that was done by about 11. About that time, they were all playing in the piano room, so I thought the two little ones could keep playing and I could do some more school work. I got out Megan's Bible lesson for the day and did that, which took until about 12 because we had some "bad attitude" in the middle of it. (I keep telling her we could get done fast if she would just get busy and stop wasting time!).
About 12, we were all starving, so I made lunch. About 12:45 lunch was over and the girls decided to paint. I needed some time to clean up, get laundry switched around, and get Christian down for a nap, so I said ok. They painted for awhile and about 1:15, I said we need to get back to school. We read outloud in our readers and then I read a chapter out of her chapter book. This took til about 3 (we did a couple lessons out of the readers since we were behind a couple of days).
About 3:30, we had snack and since it was nice out, I thought we should go outside for a walk. We were outside until about 5. I had full intentions of working with Megan again while I made supper. My goal is not to get behind!
Well, this didn't work out because Mr. Christian came down with a 101.3 degree fever! At one point, I handed him over to Matt so I could do some more work with Megan, but she wasn't having any of it! I got some attitude again and I had to get supper ready, so I gave up. I gave her a handwriting assignment that she didn't want to do, so I let it go. I didn't have time to argue and get supper and deal with a sick baby.
So we had supper and then it was off to clean bedrooms and go to bed! School is over and I still had 3 subjects yet to do. :(
Courtney starts preschool tomorrow, so I might just bring Megan and Christian back home and we can catch up on school work. I was going to go to the gym, but with Christian's temperature, he can't go in their childcare.
Not only do we have to catch up from today, but we have to do all of tomorrow's lessons too! Yikes!
We brought everything from camping in last night when we got home, but today was the day to put it all away plus wash all the laundry. We cleaned everything out of the camper because we think we are going to winterize it and put it away for the year. I pulled all the blankets and sheets off the beds and brought all the food home. Anything that I don't want in there for the winter, I brought home yesterday. Today, I had to find a place to put it all. I think I got that job about done.
As for laundry, I am still working on it.
In the middle of sorting through all the camping stuff, today was the first day that we were going to do everything for school in one day instead of splitting it between two days. Well, we didn't quite make it through everything. As I sit here, I know that we did not get math, handwriting, or our copywork done for school today. We simply ran out of time.
We were supposed to do a math, handwriting, and a lesson from our readers on Friday. That day got away from me because I was packing and getting groceries and we didn't get to it. I told myself that we would do it last night when we got home. We didn't pull in until 8 pm last night (Not to mention we had another math, handwriting, and a reading lesson for yesterday). So, we didn't get to it then either. So now we are 2 lessons behind in those three subjects.
Right away after breakfast, I pulled out Megan's math and we did a lesson. Ok, one down, 2 more to go because with today, we added yet another math, handwriting, and reading lesson.
After doing one lesson in math, I decided to get everybody through the bath. So that was done by about 11. About that time, they were all playing in the piano room, so I thought the two little ones could keep playing and I could do some more school work. I got out Megan's Bible lesson for the day and did that, which took until about 12 because we had some "bad attitude" in the middle of it. (I keep telling her we could get done fast if she would just get busy and stop wasting time!).
About 12, we were all starving, so I made lunch. About 12:45 lunch was over and the girls decided to paint. I needed some time to clean up, get laundry switched around, and get Christian down for a nap, so I said ok. They painted for awhile and about 1:15, I said we need to get back to school. We read outloud in our readers and then I read a chapter out of her chapter book. This took til about 3 (we did a couple lessons out of the readers since we were behind a couple of days).
About 3:30, we had snack and since it was nice out, I thought we should go outside for a walk. We were outside until about 5. I had full intentions of working with Megan again while I made supper. My goal is not to get behind!
Well, this didn't work out because Mr. Christian came down with a 101.3 degree fever! At one point, I handed him over to Matt so I could do some more work with Megan, but she wasn't having any of it! I got some attitude again and I had to get supper ready, so I gave up. I gave her a handwriting assignment that she didn't want to do, so I let it go. I didn't have time to argue and get supper and deal with a sick baby.
So we had supper and then it was off to clean bedrooms and go to bed! School is over and I still had 3 subjects yet to do. :(
Courtney starts preschool tomorrow, so I might just bring Megan and Christian back home and we can catch up on school work. I was going to go to the gym, but with Christian's temperature, he can't go in their childcare.
Not only do we have to catch up from today, but we have to do all of tomorrow's lessons too! Yikes!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Preschool Time!
This morning we had preschool orientaiton for Courtney. I know she's already 5, but I can't believe it's time for her to go to preschool. Half of me just wants to keep her home with me!! BUT I know preschool will do her a world of good! She is going to be forced to go by herself, without Megan, and make some friends. I know she will grow up tremendously!
One day at lunch, I told her exactly why she was going to preschool. She was complaing to me about going and saying that she wanted to homeschool with Megan. I said, "Courtney, every time I drop you off some place by yourself, you cry. If you wouldn't cry every time, then maybe I wouldn't make you go." She looked at me with this odd sort of face and I think she was thinking, "You mean if I stop crying, I don't have to go." I think she realized it!
But today went very well! She met her teacher and saw her classrooms. She has the same teacher Megan had, but there is nobody in her class that she knows! I think the first day may be a challenge, but this is the whole point! She needs to do this on her own! After we got home today, she had a very positive attitude about preschool. She told Megan all about the rooms and what she was going to play with the first day. She told us about her cubby and what color it is. I'm glad we're not complaining anymore.
Like I said, half of me wants to keep her home. I love being around her! She cracks me up all day long! The other day she told Matt that she thinks people have black skin because they smoke. We talk a lot around here about how smoking is bad for you and turns your lungs black. I never told her that it turns people's skin black! She is the other half of Megan's "serious" personality. I'm going to miss her, but preschool is only Monday/ Wed/ Friday mornings, so it won't be bad. It's not kindergarten yet! I think it will work out great because that will be a perfect time to homeschool Megan!
We'll see what we decide to do for kindergarten. Maybe she'll be home with me next year!
One day at lunch, I told her exactly why she was going to preschool. She was complaing to me about going and saying that she wanted to homeschool with Megan. I said, "Courtney, every time I drop you off some place by yourself, you cry. If you wouldn't cry every time, then maybe I wouldn't make you go." She looked at me with this odd sort of face and I think she was thinking, "You mean if I stop crying, I don't have to go." I think she realized it!
But today went very well! She met her teacher and saw her classrooms. She has the same teacher Megan had, but there is nobody in her class that she knows! I think the first day may be a challenge, but this is the whole point! She needs to do this on her own! After we got home today, she had a very positive attitude about preschool. She told Megan all about the rooms and what she was going to play with the first day. She told us about her cubby and what color it is. I'm glad we're not complaining anymore.
Like I said, half of me wants to keep her home. I love being around her! She cracks me up all day long! The other day she told Matt that she thinks people have black skin because they smoke. We talk a lot around here about how smoking is bad for you and turns your lungs black. I never told her that it turns people's skin black! She is the other half of Megan's "serious" personality. I'm going to miss her, but preschool is only Monday/ Wed/ Friday mornings, so it won't be bad. It's not kindergarten yet! I think it will work out great because that will be a perfect time to homeschool Megan!
We'll see what we decide to do for kindergarten. Maybe she'll be home with me next year!
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