"Hey kids, clean up Lena's room a little. Doesn't have to be perfect, just clear the floor so I can vacuum."
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I mentioned earlier that I was going all out and making the sitting room half of our dining room our new school room, so here are a few pictures. The lighting is terrible in these because I have no window treatments, so these are the best I can do for now. This has become my favorite room in the house! I don't know what I love so much about it, but I think I'm enjoying this room more than the kids!
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I am asked more questions than I can count every single day. It's my life. I am annoyed by it and love it at the same time. My current favorite is the impossible to answer "Would You Rather...?" game that J throws at me almost every day. You know the one...
"Would you rather run over...
a puppy, or
a turtle?"
No? I guess it's just her special game then. Here is today's edition:
"Mommy, would you rather sleep...
on top of the house,
in THAT (as she points to one we're driving by) tree,
on a fence, or
on a shock pole?"
Um...in THAT tree?
By the way, a shock pole is one of those "electricity poles with the lines hanging from it"
Today has been such a busy day. We are just starting to get into the swing of things and it is very exciting! Since it's my first time homeschooling, it has taken me a while to get organized because I just didn't know what to expect without actually doing it, which has made it really hard to get in to. I have to say, after just a few days I am TOTALLY OVER THE TOP PUMPED about this! I honestly don't remember the last time I was so excited about anything! I spent half of my weekend just planning in my mind how I was going to set up our school room. Yep, I am going all out and making the "sitting room" half of our dining room our school room! I actually went to the teacher's store on Saturday and was totally bummed that they were closed for the holiday! It's sad, I know. But now that I've got a plan, I'm just working out the kinks in our routine.
J "decided" to sleep in this morning despite her little brother's consistent attempts to get her up, and then she freaked when she almost completely missed our morning devotion time because I didn't give her enough time to eat and sleep and blah blah blah etc etc etc. Yes, it was right after this that I posted on Facebook how I needed to start a coffee IV. It was truly amazing to see just how fast she could actually clean up her place at the table, make her bed, and do her 3 things (use the bathroom, wash hands, brush teeth...they are not allowed to socialize with the rest of us until these 3 things are done, because they suck their fingers and it literally stinks). Seriously, after all that frantic dashing around I don't think she'll be sleeping in anymore. I won't bore you with the details of what the rest of this day was like, but I do have one more little thing.
Hubby, aka Dad (or "Mama" as L, our 1yo, is currently calling him) is in charge of athletics, so when he got home, he took them outside. The first thing he told them to do was to go run around the trees a few times. Ok, so I know we're not a family of geniuses or anything, but J, our 7yo, takes off running all around the yard, lapping around the trees. Then E, our 5yo, runs to the first tree and begins to do laps.
Around that one tree.
Really?
I mean, I know J is fast and all, but I don't think she becomes INVISIBLE to the human eye when she takes off running. Surely he saw that she was running ALL AROUND THE YARD? But no, he runs around each tree individually. Around and around and around he ran. I have trouble interpreting vague instructions myself. I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
So I got our school books and stuff on the Sunday night before the Wednesday we were scheduled to begin our homeschool year. Mind you, this is the VERY FIRST TIME for me at homeschooling with the exception of K-4 with E.
Total Panic.
I am a planner, so I spent the entire next day freaking out and staring blankly into all the books I was to have a 2 week lesson plan for by THE NEXT DAY. Seriously. Then my friend who I ordered books with (she got hers at the same time as me) posts on FB that day how "Today is our first day of school!" and junk. What? Apparently I lack serious fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants-and-have-a-blast-doing-it skills. HOW IS SHE ALREADY STARTING SCHOOL WHEN I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT A POCKET CHART IS? (btw, I found out what a pocket chart is and I am totally in love with them and want like a bagillion of them. idk why but they look so exciting to me!)
So the next day I spent most of the day reading homeschooling blogs and desperately searching for something that could bring me a smidgen of peace about not having everything perfectly together and planned and organized and so on. I also gave my friend a call because I had a million couple of questions and she totally eased my flailing about by telling me that everything would be fine and that she didn't have any fancy shmancy pocket charts or a chalk/dry erase board and that she only ever needed the magna doodle a few times if any. Nothing to it.
Well, I guess I am just not as entertaining and creatively talented as to be able to teach my kids with no visuals, so I had to at least get a dry erase board. And pocket charts are definitely on the way.
After all of that, we made it through our first week of school! Successfully! Actually, it was better than I even expected, to God be the glory. It wasn't that I was worried about school not going well, it was the fact that I had only 2 days to prepare and because I am...well, the way that I am, I just didn't know what to expect.
Then the thought of my babies learning to read while they sit snuggled up in my arms brought tears to my eyes and filled me with more joy than I have ever had. I know this will be the best thing I have ever done.
EVER.
I haven't blogged since the Wednesday before Memorial Day weekend. I guess the long weekend started on that Thursday night for me since my hubby was off that Friday, and the long weekend turned into almost 2 weeks before I knew it. I have to say, I don't really like keeping up with everything I eat all the time. Not because of what I'm eating, but because it's just kind of a hassle for me. I know that may sound lazy, but by the end of a day full of taking care of 3 kids, I really don't want to think about anything! So, I won't be blogging about every single thing I eat, but I will be blogging about my progress. While the blogging was very helpful in making better food choices, I'm still doing pretty good without it. I haven't derailed at all, and I lost 2 more pounds since my last weight post. I may start again if I start to gain weight or stop making progress, but for now, I'm just gonna see how it goes.
I keep letting my sweet tooth get to me. I'm feeling much better today than I have the past 2 days, so hopefully I'll get back to walking tomorrow or Friday.
Breakfast whole wheat bagel w/honey nut cream cheese
Lunch Mediterranean lentil soup w/pita chips
Snack 2 Milano cookies
Dinner Turkey Joe sandwich w/roasted potatoes
Coffee 2 cups
Water about 52oz
I'm still recovering from last night. Basically, I felt awful today, and I ate that way. It was field day at Jessi's school, so we were there most of the day. I was so tired when I got home I didn't even want to think about dinner, so Jason took care of it for me. I hope this week gets better.
Breakfast pretty sure I skipped it
Lunch Sonic Kid's hamburger, small tots, cherry limeade, and the other half of Jessi's grilled cheese and fries
Snack the rest of those peanut butter crackers and sprite from last night
Dinner takeout Sesame chicken, fried rice, and an eggroll
Dessert 5 Oreos and some milk
Water I have no idea but it wasn't enough
I'm just now posting this for yesterday because I suddenly got sick last night during my nephew's graduation ceremony. I had to leave right at the beginning but thankfully I made it through his salutatorian address.
Breakfast Naked smoothie
Lunch Chickfila grilled chicken sandwich
Snack strawberries and bananas
Dinner was supposed to be TGIFRiday's but ended up being 1 peanut butter cracker and a few sips of sprite
Water about 50oz
Exercise walked 3 miles
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