Is life ever NOT crazy? If so, I'd love to go live at a nice calm house!! But then again, I might be bored!! I just think that homeschooling my kids should make our lives so much simpler!! However, this whole school year so far has just gone by in a flash!
I have been going to Physical Therapy several times a week for a shoulder issue. It is finally better so I'm pretty sure in two weeks I will be totally done with therapy! That should slow our lives down some! Chloe is playing her little fall ball so that takes us away from home one night a week. One night I have to hurry and get supper done so Conner can get to scouts! I let the kids sign up for a drama class this semester which falls in the middle of our Monday. And then we go straight from there to art class! Conner has tennis two days a week as well. So...I'm not sure how people who don't homeschool see us as living calm, stay at home lives....it's nothing like that at my house!!
But I would not trade homeschooling my kids for the world. I didn't choose to homeschool, God chose it for me! And I'm so thankful that He led us to that decision. I would have never guessed that I would be homeschooling. My kids were going to public school no questions asked! So I guess there is one good thing about Conner having an immune deficiency and that is what led us to homeschooling! What a blessing it is!! Thank you sweet Jesus that you know so much better than we do about what is best for us!
Now, there are those days that I might not say that. There are days where Conner is easily distracted all day long, Chloe has meltdowns for no reason, and Hurricane Krisann does damage!! And since Hurricane Krisann entered our world schooling does look different. We do a lot more school while she is at naptime!! Then there are those days when I am in horrible, grumpy mood and no one likes the teacher day! And when no one likes the teacher, that generally means the teacher is not enjoying the students either! But thankfully, those days are not our normal days!
We are studying Ancient History right now and I'm weaving Bible history into our curriculum as well. So we have been studying some of the Patriarchs and the Israelites being held as slaves. We have been talking about Joseph this week. So today...we streamed the Joseph movie on Netflix. And as kids laid on the sofa and watched that movie I just had to spend some time thanking Jesus that He chose homeschooling for my family!
Going to try something new...we are taking schooling in the car for awhile. Kinda making a long trip and we are even going to try to get our school days done in the car as we travel from place to place! I'm thinking that should help pass the time in the car and at the same time...we get school days in. But...I must get busy with some strategic planning!! We use computer so much now in our schooling that my lesson plans will look different I'm sure! But I think I'm up for that challenge!!
Now if God allows me to homeschool Hurricane Krisann....I sure hope He gives me great patience! Gotta love that girl but sheesh...she is BUSY!! I read someone else's blog a few minutes ago that reminded me that one day I will be wanting her busy little body back flying around here! So I am committed to enjoy that little girl as much as I can!!
