Monday: Everyone had a rough nights sleep. We didn't get up until 7:50. 2 of the 3 girls are sick. Together that is a set up for a rough day. Not so! Don't forget our secret weapon...PRAYER! Yes I prayed a lot and took many Lamaze type breaths to keep myself in check. Guess what...it worked! Believing it would is really the toughest part.
School did take us a little longer today because of our late start, but everyone cooperated and things finished well.
My sweet Sporty and me shared a very tender moment. Some of you know she struggles with why God allows bad things to happen. This has been an ongoing discussion with her about my miscarriage over 4 years ago. Every once in a while she has the memory pop up in her head and she gets upset and starts to question why God has allowed this in our lives. Don't get me wrong it breaks my heart that it hurts her so, but at the same time I count it a blessing that I can explain what I believe to be true to her and hope that someday she will understand.
You may wonder how I explain it. I share with her that God doesn't allow things to hurt us but rather he allows them in order that we will draw closer to Him in these difficulties. I can truly say that my miscarriage did that for me. Of course I had great sadness and grief, but I can honestly say I was never angry at God for allowing this sad time to come into my life. I am grateful for the ability to look at my loss as a time when I did get my strength from the Lord. I will continue to pray that Sporty will someday get this concept that is even difficult for adults to understand.
Sporty is so tender. She can put up a good front, but inside she is very delicate. I often think of my Mothers Mother...Gram. She and Sporty were alike in some funny ways. Sporty also expressed the regret of never getting to meet her. Sporty was just very reflective today. I am so glad I could wipe her tears and encourage her. Our tender moment was a sweet reminder of why I am doing this. I so love my girls!
Monday, October 29, 2007
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Reflections
It is a cold rainy Saturday and I am loving it!
We had a long and at times overwhelming week. My dear honey was out of town for 3 days and we all missed him. I am truly blessed with a very hands on husband/father. I count on him in so many ways I really struggle when he is not with us.
I am savoring the lack of commitment this day brings. I have had a couple of very tiring weeks emotionally. The lack of sleep coupled with some difficult school work and a pinch of bad attitude from a 9 year old have left me very tired. It is at this time that I am praising GOD for good friends who love me and most importantly love JESUS! Sisters..thank you for lifting me up this week! Some have given me home school guidance, some a listening ear and others the reminder that Jesus is my strength.
I am chalking up the last week to what it was...rough! I am confident that next week will be better.
My very strong willed Lovely is breaking me down in so many ways. I am fully aware of what GOD is doing in both of us...growing us for HIS purpose, for HIS glory. I am determined that her strong will matched with mine will accomplish a great work!
We had a long and at times overwhelming week. My dear honey was out of town for 3 days and we all missed him. I am truly blessed with a very hands on husband/father. I count on him in so many ways I really struggle when he is not with us.
I am savoring the lack of commitment this day brings. I have had a couple of very tiring weeks emotionally. The lack of sleep coupled with some difficult school work and a pinch of bad attitude from a 9 year old have left me very tired. It is at this time that I am praising GOD for good friends who love me and most importantly love JESUS! Sisters..thank you for lifting me up this week! Some have given me home school guidance, some a listening ear and others the reminder that Jesus is my strength.
I am chalking up the last week to what it was...rough! I am confident that next week will be better.
My very strong willed Lovely is breaking me down in so many ways. I am fully aware of what GOD is doing in both of us...growing us for HIS purpose, for HIS glory. I am determined that her strong will matched with mine will accomplish a great work!
Friday, October 19, 2007
Confessions
Dare I risk all of you out there thinking I am a person of multiple personalities? I just am confessing my feelings and I know that is risky. I guess I will just take the risk and share my thoughts for the day.
Today was rough!! It started with me allowing all 3 girls to watch TV before we started school....I may have said this before...big mistake! Baby girl is sick so she is allowed to be watching TV right now with a little more freedom than normal. The other girls saw this as their opportunity to milk the privilege that was imparted only to their baby sister.
We didn't actually start our school day until around 10. Sporty was doing well until abut 11 and she just wanted to argue over the scripture verse I was asking her to write because she was unable to recall it orally. She tried with all her might to not have to write the verse. After the 3rd failed attempt to recite it she agreed to not argue and write the verse out.
Lovely and Language just are not mixing these days. I have explained to her that what we are covering is going to be a little labor intensive on her part and I need her to cooperate with me. She has the temperament of a 15 year old some days and I am just scared!! I confessed today after going round and round with her over the assignment that I did not and DO not like language either, but we still have to do the assignments. It was in a very tired moment when I felt like saying "let's just skip the whole assignment", but I did not. She is currently working on righting a book report. I can honestly say I think it is a lot of work for 4Th grade, but I am told this is not abnormal. My frustration is simply in Lovely not even trying to paraphrase the information from the encyclopedia. I am only looking for effort at this point and I feel I am not getting it and that is what wears me down.
I told my Honey tonight I am so tired by Friday and I wish we could "skip" school that day. I am going to sit down this weekend and make a greater effort to see if we can condense some of our work and add a little more fun to the upcoming weeks. I feel like the girls need a little more fun in their days. We are going to Disney in 3 weeks and I think we all need the vacation. I try to remind the girls on tough days that we will be gone for 7 school days so we need to do extra work now. I think of all the life lessons I am teaching them and I realize so very often the lesson is just for them...it is for me as well.
Today was rough!! It started with me allowing all 3 girls to watch TV before we started school....I may have said this before...big mistake! Baby girl is sick so she is allowed to be watching TV right now with a little more freedom than normal. The other girls saw this as their opportunity to milk the privilege that was imparted only to their baby sister.
We didn't actually start our school day until around 10. Sporty was doing well until abut 11 and she just wanted to argue over the scripture verse I was asking her to write because she was unable to recall it orally. She tried with all her might to not have to write the verse. After the 3rd failed attempt to recite it she agreed to not argue and write the verse out.
Lovely and Language just are not mixing these days. I have explained to her that what we are covering is going to be a little labor intensive on her part and I need her to cooperate with me. She has the temperament of a 15 year old some days and I am just scared!! I confessed today after going round and round with her over the assignment that I did not and DO not like language either, but we still have to do the assignments. It was in a very tired moment when I felt like saying "let's just skip the whole assignment", but I did not. She is currently working on righting a book report. I can honestly say I think it is a lot of work for 4Th grade, but I am told this is not abnormal. My frustration is simply in Lovely not even trying to paraphrase the information from the encyclopedia. I am only looking for effort at this point and I feel I am not getting it and that is what wears me down.
I told my Honey tonight I am so tired by Friday and I wish we could "skip" school that day. I am going to sit down this weekend and make a greater effort to see if we can condense some of our work and add a little more fun to the upcoming weeks. I feel like the girls need a little more fun in their days. We are going to Disney in 3 weeks and I think we all need the vacation. I try to remind the girls on tough days that we will be gone for 7 school days so we need to do extra work now. I think of all the life lessons I am teaching them and I realize so very often the lesson is just for them...it is for me as well.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Predicting the future...
As of this writing dare I say...things are starting to cruise! The girls have had a good week so far and tomorrow is Thursday. YEAH!
Lovely is just gonna battle me on everything and I am accepting that fact. However I am not accepting defeat! If I give directions and she grumbles...oh well. I am learning to calmly and consistently stand my ground. Yesterday she did her language test in print rather than cursive, even I after I gave specific directions to do cursive. She confidently handed me her paper and said "I know you told me to do it in cursive, but I thought it would take too long, so I did it in print, is that okay?" NOOOOOOOO it is not okay!!! I made her re-write the test and look up the misspellings she had. She informed me she didn't need to because she knows how to use a dictionary.....oh really...not the point. I want you to learn how to spell correctly...that is the point. After all, at the rate she is going I don't see anything other than ATTORNEY AT LAW written after her name....OH BOY!!
Sporty has really adjusted well to home school. There is the rare instance these days she will give a little bit of grief, but she usually snaps out of it quickly. I actually can get her to do 2 days of work and she doesn't even realize it. The one thing I see with her is what is the point of being in "school" for so many hours when really she is done by 12:30 most days. I can assure you I am not cheating her on anything. It just seems like such a long day. I guess I could try and find more for her to do but why? She gets the material we are covering and she is happy. Why mess with what seems to be working. I am confident she can be in some 3rd grade books by the beginning of March. I could be wrong...we'll see.
My little Baby girl is a little under the weather. She is starting with a cold and honestly I am looking forward to keeping her home tomorrow. She has a date with Daddy on Friday to see the Wiggles and I want her to enjoy it, I am hoping the extra rest tomorrow will do the trick.
I am personally still struggling to find some time for myself. God is good though. I am really growing in so many ways...when I gain an extra 20 pounds no one will notice because hopefully my growth in the Lord will be more evident. I joke about the weight gain because I find myself eating chocolate more lately. I need it!!
Lovely is just gonna battle me on everything and I am accepting that fact. However I am not accepting defeat! If I give directions and she grumbles...oh well. I am learning to calmly and consistently stand my ground. Yesterday she did her language test in print rather than cursive, even I after I gave specific directions to do cursive. She confidently handed me her paper and said "I know you told me to do it in cursive, but I thought it would take too long, so I did it in print, is that okay?" NOOOOOOOO it is not okay!!! I made her re-write the test and look up the misspellings she had. She informed me she didn't need to because she knows how to use a dictionary.....oh really...not the point. I want you to learn how to spell correctly...that is the point. After all, at the rate she is going I don't see anything other than ATTORNEY AT LAW written after her name....OH BOY!!
Sporty has really adjusted well to home school. There is the rare instance these days she will give a little bit of grief, but she usually snaps out of it quickly. I actually can get her to do 2 days of work and she doesn't even realize it. The one thing I see with her is what is the point of being in "school" for so many hours when really she is done by 12:30 most days. I can assure you I am not cheating her on anything. It just seems like such a long day. I guess I could try and find more for her to do but why? She gets the material we are covering and she is happy. Why mess with what seems to be working. I am confident she can be in some 3rd grade books by the beginning of March. I could be wrong...we'll see.
My little Baby girl is a little under the weather. She is starting with a cold and honestly I am looking forward to keeping her home tomorrow. She has a date with Daddy on Friday to see the Wiggles and I want her to enjoy it, I am hoping the extra rest tomorrow will do the trick.
I am personally still struggling to find some time for myself. God is good though. I am really growing in so many ways...when I gain an extra 20 pounds no one will notice because hopefully my growth in the Lord will be more evident. I joke about the weight gain because I find myself eating chocolate more lately. I need it!!
Monday, October 15, 2007
Making sense of MATH!
It is always tough to get going on Monday! I am working on not being SOOOO uptight...haha.... Anyway. We got off to a great start. I was a little extra sad saying good-bye to Baby girl as she left for school today. I really hate sending her! UGH!
Lovely and Sporty got right to work. Lovely actually woke up at 6:30 when I was getting up to do my Bible Study. I told her she could come downstairs, but no TV and no talking! She agreed and actually decided to start her Science lesson...great! Baby girl also woke up at 6:30...my question is, " God are you saying you don't want to talk to me today?" I did do my best to work on my study and thankfully the girls were great.
Lovely was working on her math and for the first time since we started school...we were stuck! Lovely was not understanding a concept in her book and I was very surprised. She tends to understand things very quickly and she is good at reading and listening and then doing....not today. I did my best with explaining but she still was having a hard time. We spent extra time doing more problems to work out the kinks and eventually we did. She later thanked me for being her mom and helping. WOW! I feel a gold star moment for myself! I really do love having them home.
Lately I find myself stroking their hair when I am sitting next to them. They are so sweet and innocent. Too quickly they will be teenagers with attitude...they act that way now on occasion. Baby girl came home in a good mood and we had a great rest of the day.
PS...Lovely is doing a little better at night. I wrote out some scripture verses for her and posted them next to her bed. Every night we are praying GODs word...Psalm 4: 8 I will down in peace and sleep: For YOU alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. I have also encouraged her to say:"Jehovah Shama" which means GOD IS PRESENT! Thank you to all who have been praying for Lovely and her sleep.
Lovely and Sporty got right to work. Lovely actually woke up at 6:30 when I was getting up to do my Bible Study. I told her she could come downstairs, but no TV and no talking! She agreed and actually decided to start her Science lesson...great! Baby girl also woke up at 6:30...my question is, " God are you saying you don't want to talk to me today?" I did do my best to work on my study and thankfully the girls were great.
Lovely was working on her math and for the first time since we started school...we were stuck! Lovely was not understanding a concept in her book and I was very surprised. She tends to understand things very quickly and she is good at reading and listening and then doing....not today. I did my best with explaining but she still was having a hard time. We spent extra time doing more problems to work out the kinks and eventually we did. She later thanked me for being her mom and helping. WOW! I feel a gold star moment for myself! I really do love having them home.
Lately I find myself stroking their hair when I am sitting next to them. They are so sweet and innocent. Too quickly they will be teenagers with attitude...they act that way now on occasion. Baby girl came home in a good mood and we had a great rest of the day.
PS...Lovely is doing a little better at night. I wrote out some scripture verses for her and posted them next to her bed. Every night we are praying GODs word...Psalm 4: 8 I will down in peace and sleep: For YOU alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. I have also encouraged her to say:"Jehovah Shama" which means GOD IS PRESENT! Thank you to all who have been praying for Lovely and her sleep.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Glass Pumpkins
Today was fun! We had a great day in New York at the Corning Museum of Glass. We met up with fellow homeschoolers from New York.
We had fun making glass pumpkins and looking at beautiful blown glass flowers. Baby girl did not want to make her pumpkin so I did it for her. It was so cool! I am looking forward to displaying our creations when they arrive in the mail.
I would love to do field trips every Friday if I could. The girls worked so hard this week and were rewarded with a day out and a glass pumpkin.
The girls were also very well behaved today. They really took to heart our lesson the other day about respect. I am grateful for the opportunity to not only teach my girls the values I want them to have, but also to be able to wittiness them making the right choice.
Today I am thankful! I will always cherish the little glass pumpkins we made today. They will serve as a reminder of my 3 little ladies!
We had fun making glass pumpkins and looking at beautiful blown glass flowers. Baby girl did not want to make her pumpkin so I did it for her. It was so cool! I am looking forward to displaying our creations when they arrive in the mail.
I would love to do field trips every Friday if I could. The girls worked so hard this week and were rewarded with a day out and a glass pumpkin.
The girls were also very well behaved today. They really took to heart our lesson the other day about respect. I am grateful for the opportunity to not only teach my girls the values I want them to have, but also to be able to wittiness them making the right choice.
Today I am thankful! I will always cherish the little glass pumpkins we made today. They will serve as a reminder of my 3 little ladies!
Sleepless in Owlschool
Just a quick note about the last couple of days.
Wednesday and Thursday were full. We crammed a good deal of work in because we are heading to the Corning Museum of Glass today. We are all looking forward to the trip.
The only struggle I can mention is not really school related. It is related to the sleep deprivation that is going on. Most of you know Lovely has never been a great sleeper. She awoke frequently as a baby and has continued ever since. There are defiantly worse times than others. We unfortunately are at a bad time right now.
We are working on scripture reciting when she wakes up, but she is battling us. I am very tired today and really very frustrated. Her fears are over things that have never happened and Lord willing never will. Our family needs help! I am praying that I will find someone or something about sleep disorders online. I would defiantly say this is an anxiety issue for her. The question is how to deal with it. Please pray for my family. My husband, Lovely and I are not getting along as a result of this.
My prayer today is that God would just guide me to what it is he needs or doesn't need me to do. I know how much he loves our family and I know there is a reason we are dealing with this, but I just can't help being TIRED!
Wednesday and Thursday were full. We crammed a good deal of work in because we are heading to the Corning Museum of Glass today. We are all looking forward to the trip.
The only struggle I can mention is not really school related. It is related to the sleep deprivation that is going on. Most of you know Lovely has never been a great sleeper. She awoke frequently as a baby and has continued ever since. There are defiantly worse times than others. We unfortunately are at a bad time right now.
We are working on scripture reciting when she wakes up, but she is battling us. I am very tired today and really very frustrated. Her fears are over things that have never happened and Lord willing never will. Our family needs help! I am praying that I will find someone or something about sleep disorders online. I would defiantly say this is an anxiety issue for her. The question is how to deal with it. Please pray for my family. My husband, Lovely and I are not getting along as a result of this.
My prayer today is that God would just guide me to what it is he needs or doesn't need me to do. I know how much he loves our family and I know there is a reason we are dealing with this, but I just can't help being TIRED!
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Lessons learned
We had a lovely long weekend here at our school. I originally did not plan to take Monday off, but we needed it. The girls got to stay over their grandparents and it actually gave my husband and I some quiet time...not like we need it or anything.
Today we did our Fire Safety requirement this morning with the community home school group. I had to leave to get baby girl and when I came back the junior firefighters were still talking...the time was approaching 2 hours!!!! The children in general seemed restless. My friend who I will refer to as Curly Q...I know I appear superficial....it's just easier to go with the obvious for me. Anyway...she informed me that the junior firefighters were having a difficult time ending their very thorough discussion. I am grateful for their attention to detail...the children were not.
There was to be another demonstration by another family in the group...a puppet show...FUN!! All went well until the second song when my darling children blurted out that they did not want to hear another song!!! UGH! I informed them that it was disrespectful and hurtful to the family who worked so hard to prepare. My girls later apologized for their insensitivity. We discussed respecting other peoples work the rest of the afternoon. THIS IS WHY I AM GRATEFUL for home schooling! I had the opportunity to gently, yet firmly explain the wrongs to what they had done with their words. Funny enough in Lovelys Language today we reviewed Maxims. A Maxim is a short saying that gives a principle for living. The one I spent a great deal of time on was "Speech is the mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he". This provided the opportunity for me to teach the girls to choose your words wisely. As a Christian we especially are called to reflect the love of Christ in our words.
It is my prayer that I will do the same. I hope this is a lesson learned!
Today we did our Fire Safety requirement this morning with the community home school group. I had to leave to get baby girl and when I came back the junior firefighters were still talking...the time was approaching 2 hours!!!! The children in general seemed restless. My friend who I will refer to as Curly Q...I know I appear superficial....it's just easier to go with the obvious for me. Anyway...she informed me that the junior firefighters were having a difficult time ending their very thorough discussion. I am grateful for their attention to detail...the children were not.
There was to be another demonstration by another family in the group...a puppet show...FUN!! All went well until the second song when my darling children blurted out that they did not want to hear another song!!! UGH! I informed them that it was disrespectful and hurtful to the family who worked so hard to prepare. My girls later apologized for their insensitivity. We discussed respecting other peoples work the rest of the afternoon. THIS IS WHY I AM GRATEFUL for home schooling! I had the opportunity to gently, yet firmly explain the wrongs to what they had done with their words. Funny enough in Lovelys Language today we reviewed Maxims. A Maxim is a short saying that gives a principle for living. The one I spent a great deal of time on was "Speech is the mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he". This provided the opportunity for me to teach the girls to choose your words wisely. As a Christian we especially are called to reflect the love of Christ in our words.
It is my prayer that I will do the same. I hope this is a lesson learned!
Friday, October 5, 2007
FRIDAY!!!!
Thankfully one day does not make a week! Baby Girl is home on Fridays and that is proving to be a little challenging. She did manage to entertain herself for a good bit of time today though. She played with Kit and Jess...American Girl dolls. She dressed and undressed them for at least an hour. She was actually very good today.
Lovely however was struggling. She has not been sleeping well and I feel it is carrying over into the school room. She was fine until we had to do Language/Cursive writing. She broke down and I lost my patience. I really struggle with these little meltdowns as I know that I am being pushed because I am the parent/teacher. This is one of the most frustrating things for me to deal with.
It is my prayer right now that God weed any bad attitude out of me. I stand firm in my decision to be here doing this...I am reminding myself with the self talk...it's working...YEAH!
I am not sure what this says about my state of mind, but I will share it anyway. I have an addiction to WEBKINZ! YES! I love playing the games. I told my husband it helps me unwind. What is going on? I think someone needs to intervene and save me from myself or at least from the games on WEBKINZ.
Thanks for letting me vent. I am so grateful that people out there care about my day. LOVE YOU ALL!!!
We did get to make our slime today...the girls love it. My goal next week is to squeeze cooking into one of our days. I would like to let the girls pick a recipe, help me shop and prepare it.
Lovely however was struggling. She has not been sleeping well and I feel it is carrying over into the school room. She was fine until we had to do Language/Cursive writing. She broke down and I lost my patience. I really struggle with these little meltdowns as I know that I am being pushed because I am the parent/teacher. This is one of the most frustrating things for me to deal with.
It is my prayer right now that God weed any bad attitude out of me. I stand firm in my decision to be here doing this...I am reminding myself with the self talk...it's working...YEAH!
I am not sure what this says about my state of mind, but I will share it anyway. I have an addiction to WEBKINZ! YES! I love playing the games. I told my husband it helps me unwind. What is going on? I think someone needs to intervene and save me from myself or at least from the games on WEBKINZ.
Thanks for letting me vent. I am so grateful that people out there care about my day. LOVE YOU ALL!!!
We did get to make our slime today...the girls love it. My goal next week is to squeeze cooking into one of our days. I would like to let the girls pick a recipe, help me shop and prepare it.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Groove
It has been a good couple of days here in Owlschool. I would venture to say we are hitting our GROOVE! PRAISE GOD! I mean that in true thankfulness. I am not being sarcastic when I say it has been GOD and his strength that have blessed us this week.
As we head into Friday the girls are doing great with their work. Smiley Sport was struggling a little with the math lesson today and we had to go back over it a couple of times. The one thing that is so fascinating to me is how differently each girl learns. Smiley tends to be a hands on learner and Lovely appears to be auditory. I myself am more of the hands on type. It amazes me when I just talk the lesson to Lovely and she gets it. I would need to write it down, hear it, touch it...you get the picture. Smiley eventually caught on and we finished our work.
I have to say at this point the only thing I am missing is the "fun" time. I still haven't fit in a craft or a science experiment. These things aren't necessary, but they are fun and I want the girls to enjoy this experience of being home. I am hoping tomorrow we can make slime. Lovely has been asking for months and I think we will have time tomorrow.
As for some other notes. The girls are doing fine with each other..for the most part. Lovely actually cooked grilled cheese sandwiches for herself and baby girl. Smiley wanted something different....she usually does. She is a lot like me..ha ha.
The girls are taking piano from a dear friend. I sat in on the lesson today. WOW. It was very interesting. My friend has a true gift! It is a joy to have my girls take lessons from someone who is so talented and willing to teach others.
Well that's all for now. I am so grateful I live in a country where I have the freedom to educate my children in my home.
As we head into Friday the girls are doing great with their work. Smiley Sport was struggling a little with the math lesson today and we had to go back over it a couple of times. The one thing that is so fascinating to me is how differently each girl learns. Smiley tends to be a hands on learner and Lovely appears to be auditory. I myself am more of the hands on type. It amazes me when I just talk the lesson to Lovely and she gets it. I would need to write it down, hear it, touch it...you get the picture. Smiley eventually caught on and we finished our work.
I have to say at this point the only thing I am missing is the "fun" time. I still haven't fit in a craft or a science experiment. These things aren't necessary, but they are fun and I want the girls to enjoy this experience of being home. I am hoping tomorrow we can make slime. Lovely has been asking for months and I think we will have time tomorrow.
As for some other notes. The girls are doing fine with each other..for the most part. Lovely actually cooked grilled cheese sandwiches for herself and baby girl. Smiley wanted something different....she usually does. She is a lot like me..ha ha.
The girls are taking piano from a dear friend. I sat in on the lesson today. WOW. It was very interesting. My friend has a true gift! It is a joy to have my girls take lessons from someone who is so talented and willing to teach others.
Well that's all for now. I am so grateful I live in a country where I have the freedom to educate my children in my home.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
JOY
A dog catcher I am not! Today when I got out of bed I promised the Lord I would find joy in all the day was to bring me. Easy for some, not for others. Being the controlling person I am I like to at least have the illusion that I am in control.
I offered to take Sportys best friend for the morning because her brother is sick and needed to go to the doctor. I wasn't sure if this would overwhelm me. I can honestly say it did not. She (Sportys friend) finished her work lickety split. Sporty also finished with minimal distraction. It is in this type of scenario I tend to be stressed but remember my promise to the Lord. Not to mention I would do anything to help a friend in need.
The day got interesting when I went to pick up baby girl at school. The girls noticed a little white dog chasing my car. The girls said the dog escapes from its yard all the time and I needed to get him!! I am a fan of little dogs and thought I would do my best to catch him...hahahhaha. I chased, begged, and tried to be firm with this adorable little furry guy. I could not get him to come to me for anything. It was after about 5 minutes of fruitless work that I threw in my towel and left. I promised the girls if the dog was there when we came home I would try again. Thankfully he was not. Still holding on to the joy (as well as laughing at how silly I must have looked).
Lovely had a bit of an emotional day. She is not fond of Language and therefore complained through ever minute of work!! It is difficult for her to watch her sister and her friend finish their work so quickly. She eventually finished and joined them to play.
I still had my stressful moments today but it was my choice to react in a more positive way. I emailed a friend about how homeschooling was going. I shared with her that this is the most challenging thing I have ever done. It is in that very thought that I know God is with me. Taking the girls back and forth to school for the last 5 years didn't cause me to rely on God as much as I am right now. I need Jesus now more than ever. It is my belief that God will be glorified in my making this a successful year. My success can only be measured by my choosing JOY everyday and making it obvious to those around me.
I offered to take Sportys best friend for the morning because her brother is sick and needed to go to the doctor. I wasn't sure if this would overwhelm me. I can honestly say it did not. She (Sportys friend) finished her work lickety split. Sporty also finished with minimal distraction. It is in this type of scenario I tend to be stressed but remember my promise to the Lord. Not to mention I would do anything to help a friend in need.
The day got interesting when I went to pick up baby girl at school. The girls noticed a little white dog chasing my car. The girls said the dog escapes from its yard all the time and I needed to get him!! I am a fan of little dogs and thought I would do my best to catch him...hahahhaha. I chased, begged, and tried to be firm with this adorable little furry guy. I could not get him to come to me for anything. It was after about 5 minutes of fruitless work that I threw in my towel and left. I promised the girls if the dog was there when we came home I would try again. Thankfully he was not. Still holding on to the joy (as well as laughing at how silly I must have looked).
Lovely had a bit of an emotional day. She is not fond of Language and therefore complained through ever minute of work!! It is difficult for her to watch her sister and her friend finish their work so quickly. She eventually finished and joined them to play.
I still had my stressful moments today but it was my choice to react in a more positive way. I emailed a friend about how homeschooling was going. I shared with her that this is the most challenging thing I have ever done. It is in that very thought that I know God is with me. Taking the girls back and forth to school for the last 5 years didn't cause me to rely on God as much as I am right now. I need Jesus now more than ever. It is my belief that God will be glorified in my making this a successful year. My success can only be measured by my choosing JOY everyday and making it obvious to those around me.
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