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!!