11:24PM...Just ate my first meal of the day-turkey taco meat wrapped in lettuce-and got the kids into bed...Finally.
I have no idea how we are ever fitting lessons back into our lives....Since Ed's schedule change, the days are long and very, very full....
Getting used to the schedule thing was a little insane at first-the kids were staying up all hours, day after day, yet still getting up at 6:45AM. They rushed to see daddy who was HOME in the morning now...With only three hours of sleep behind him...! Fortunately, running their tails off all day, not allowing naps but for a few days a week, and having a strong dose of patience, paid off. They now sleep til 8-sometimes 8:30....Once til 9:45...! I don't get a single second to myself from 9am til 11:30pm, but hopefully they will all get tired of bugging me and go find something to do...!
Baseball ended tonight, T-Ball last Saturday....SOOO happy. No rest though, Ballet starts next Tuesday, intersects with Baton Camp and Dance Theater Camp, overlaps Soccer..Which runs straight through October...For FOUR children this year....Maybe...The five year old seems interested in gymnastics.....I joke that I don't have a calendar, but a spreadsheet...Then, I look into my canvas school bag and realize, I really do!
WOW...It's late...And I just sat down to look at email. Nothing good..I wish I had some money to shop online-Curriculum is calling me!
I have put some serious thought into my choice of Curriculum...Probably about three months worth of serious consideration, and many of general searching and comparing. Today, I went to the Homeschool Outlet at the Christian Bookstore in town. I had heard that they had a "used" shelf...It ended up being the larger portion of the store! I could not believe what I saw, stacks and stacks, pile and piles, of Saxon Manuals, Textbooks, science books, art programs, language tapes...It was pretty amazing. Now I am left with many more options...My budget can handle a bit more, so, do I want to get Saxon K for 20$???? I was thinking of doing workbooks, etc, til my five year old was ready for the Saxon One my seven year old skipped over...Now, I am reconsidering....I will have another child that can use it...hmmmm! Saxon three times a day....uggggh!
OK....I am alone in the peace and quiet, for the first time since my eyes opened....And I am thinking, of all things, TV...Another turkey taco maybe...My curriculum file is beckoning....(Do other people have files that yell at them???:) Do other MOMS have files that yell at them?????:))Mine do...;)
Thought I had something important to say, but I guess that was just the inspiration from getting the kids into bed!
Sami