Spring break?

Everyday this week, I have said to myself, "We should have just taken this week off!"
We did not get much school done, BUT on the other hand, we were able to do a few things that we don't usually do.

Every year, the local homeschool basketball team puts on clinics for kids in our area. My girls have always gone, and Courtney wanted to go this year.  They were on Tuesday and Thursdays from 9-10:30 am.  This meant getting the kids up and out the door (which we don't usually do), and then I had to find something to do with my other three during that time. Luckily, the clinic was at a gym right beside a mall, so we spent time there in the play area.  The boys loved it! Unfortunately, we couldn't do much shopping because none of the stores opened until 10. By about 10:15, we had to leave to go get Courtney!

We usually didn't get home until 11 or so (depending on how long I chatted with other moms). Today we got home about 11:15. By this time, the kids were starving, and it would have been useless to try to get settled down for schoolwork just to stop again within 30 minutes!

Today we didn't get anything done before lunch, but got in some work this afternoon. Megan and I had orthodontic appointments at 3, so we had to stop at 2:45 to make it there on time.

This is pretty much how Tuesday and Thursday went this week! Wednesday was a crazy day itself, but I did manage to get two hours worth of school done in the morning. The kids have classes at the homeschool learning center from 12-2, and then Megan and Courtney have middle school play rehearsal from 3-5 pm. At 5, I picked them up and we all went to Pepper.jax for dinner.  After we were done eating, I dropped Megan off at church for youth group at 6:15. Luckily, Matt was able to pick her up around 8:15 pm and bring her home. It is a long day for all of us!

Tomorrow should be calm and we can hit the books again. We all have chiropractor's appointments at 3 pm. Matt is starting a new job, so we want to use our current benefits while we can! It looks like we are going to get some snow and freezing rain tomorrow, so it is a great reason to stay home and get some schoolwork done! We will see how the roads are by 3 pm!