keeping it real

enjoying our last summer weekend

in the woods, my happy place

public school started on tues...oops, i forgot about that so we started today!
i spend tues doing some last min things in the classroom
nate came up in his jammies at 11 am(keeping it real ya'all)  wanting to do school
i asked him what he wanted to do
he said geography
his idea of geographyis going on google earth

checking out the desert
funny kid
this is geography right?

this am i got up early and spend sometime with god, preparing for the day
i was so excited and ready to start the new year
i spend the first hour answering emails and drinking coffee while nate played and ellie slept. haha
i went in and got her at 8:30
she had her breaky!

she's starting grade ellie!
nate having his fav breaky

then we came up stairs

and did some playing

haha

nate dressed for school

ellie playing with the potato heads

and we did some more playing
then i had nate start with some vocab words to see where he's at

ellie got into everything
crawled into everything
and started to get cranky
not wanting to get frustrated with the kids (i am really working on patience and long suffering with them. ha)
i decided to take them for a nature walk and talk to god while nate talked, and talked, and talked

i saw the day going down hill and i didn't want to lose my joy
i was getting annoyed with ellie for being, well, a baby...after i put her down and tried for the 100th time to get nate back on track i realised this.....

i didn't want to put ellie down or push her away to do book work with nate
i wanted to meet both of their needs in a joyful manner

how in the world am i going to make this work this yr?

so i've decided that i am going to do a gradual approach to home education this yr...we are going to take the next few weeks and figure out how it's going to work AND keep our joy

so after we got back and had an early lunch, i put ellie down for her nap to spend the next 2+ hrs with nate doing book work like last yr

i will admit i MISS my selfish quiet me nap time. i got a lot done the last few months with no school and nap time. ha

so with a fresh breath of air and a hot cup of coffee nate and i hit the school room

where he fought me and gave me a very hard time for the next 2 hrs

this is him flat out refusing to read

i'm sharing this because i am keeping it real.  home school is not easy. today was long and painful. chris worked late and spent the night out (church and meetings) so i've done the day alone

but i am NOT alone
today is done
tomorrow's coming, new and fresh and clean
a good night sleep will do wonders

i love my son and his strong will but he's crazy to think he's gonna win this.  i am stronger, greater is he that's in me. ha

i am floored by how different it is this yr. last yr i would have been sobbing in the corner. this yr i know that it will get better

and with this real look into the not so nice joys of home school i must spend the remainder of my night planning tomorrow's lesson and cleaning up supper

night ya'all!

Posted by mel at 7:48 PM