Our first few weeks have been amazingly wonderful. It took some time getting used to the layout of the curriculum and getting a routine down but we got it goin' on now.
Here's a look at our day: We get up when Daddy does. (Well lemme specify that, I wake up when Bob wakes up. I assure you the boys have been awake upwards of an hour before us.) I wash a load of clothes while preparing breakfast. Say goodbye to Daddy during breakfast. Then clean up dishes and boys go outside to play in the back yard while I hang up the laundry on the line. I go get papers copied and the days plans put together while boys are still outside. We do school until 11 to 11:30 and then lunch and nap. Ahhh quiet time. I prepare the afternoon plans, usually art and or music to back up what was studied in the morning. Around 4 the boys are "dismissed" and, usually, go back outside to play while I get dinner together and file school papers away. The 4 of us sit down at the table and have dinner together, shocking I know.
I wonder where the day goes but when I see it put out this way in "print" I understand. It's a good thing we no longer have any TV service beyond Netflix, it would be a huge waste, who has time? Yes we have down time now but the boys fill it playing using their imaginations. I think children should be outside playing instead of parked on their butts in front of a screen. Yes my children can use a computer so efficiently it's almost scary, they also have a Wii and DS but it's not an everyday thing. Poor dears didn't watch a movie or play their DS' all day long. So deprived, I know. I sneak the house work in during the day. We are busy all day, but we are having fun! I smirk when I hear the boys ask, "Is this our school? It's fun!" It's so interesting to see where you can "sneak" school into your regular day to day goings on. We need groceries, we have $10. If we buy this one frozen pizza that's $8 and we only have $2 left so that's not a wise buy because you can only get one meal from it and so on... Maybe I just never outgrew playing teacher when I was younger. But I am lovin this. Love you all, thanks for all your support! I'm attaching a link at the end of this post for some pics from our school/ field trips, enjoy. XOXO
Is school supposed to be this much fun?
