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We don't "do" Halloween but I thought this was funny:
We have a full life. So full, I don’t get to blog like I want, as I’ve mentioned before, and I really miss it. I’m trying to figure out a time or way to make this happen and I’ve been trying to get up before Isaiah gets up for his morning nursing (this is TOO early). I was getting up at about 5:30 for the last couple of weeks but was puttering around getting dressed, etc. trying to figure out my routine then daylight savings kicked in. Well, it kicked in for everybody but Isaiah. He was getting up between 6am and 6:30am. He’s getting up between 5am and 5:30…of course. I have determined our lifestyle includes “night owl” activity whether it be school, hospitality, or, in the near future, catering, so getting up at 4 or 4:30 is asking a lot of my already worn out bod. I’ve tried getting up with him to nurse while typing but it’s such a pain with one hand, literally, and I am suppose to wear that brace while I’m on the keyboard.
The TOG manual warns that there’s a 4-week-fog newbies go through when first starting this overwhelming curriculum. I have a feeling ours will be a 4-month-fog. When we started, I said we’re going to take it slow and take 2 weeks to do the first week. Wouldn’t you know it took 4 weeks for us to do one? Of course, we started in the midst of the performance of Taming of the Shrew, which included helping painting sets and late nights. This week, we haven’t done much out of the curriculum, mostly math, phonics, etc. It’s so hard to not get discouraged but Craig and I have found that if it takes us 2 years to get into a routine with this, we’re not the first and there’s so much in one year, it could hardly be considered “behind.” We are definitely in the “other” category with educational style. We’re “structured unschooling” or "rigid flexibility" as my DH would call it.
Today, we’ll finally paint those salt dough maps we started 3 weeks ago. Before or after HS drama troupe? We’ll just have to wait and see.
A-HA! It IS Akala. Jillian is so dead.
I can’t believe I’m awake. The baby has nursed back to sleep. Isabelle has NOT awakened in a screaming fit (a regular occurrence these days), and none of the other youngins have stood by my bed and stared at me from six inches away until I wake up to tell me they’re scawad (scared). Nope, it had to be a cat. 3:15am. I’m awake because of a stupid cat meowing to get in its bathroom. We have 3 cats, Tiger, Buster, and Akala, who, if they’re not partying, are chasing each other across the hardwood floors all night SO they get put to bed for the night just like everybody else. Three different girls are responsible for each cat so I know WHO to wake up when I get woke up because THEY have forgotten. I can’t find the meowing culprit so I don’t know who to wake up. I’m pretty sure it’s Akala but I can’t find the cat. Anyhoo, I’m awake so I thought I’d stop in to say hi.
We have a full life. So full, I don’t get to blog like I want, as I’ve mentioned before, and I really miss it. I’m trying to figure out a time or way to make this happen and I’ve been trying to get up before Isaiah gets up for his morning nursing (this is TOO early). I was getting up at about 5:30 for the last couple of weeks but was puttering around getting dressed, etc. trying to figure out my routine then daylight savings kicked in. Well, it kicked in for everybody but Isaiah. He was getting up between 6am and 6:30am. He’s getting up between 5am and 5:30…of course. I have determined our lifestyle includes “night owl” activity whether it be school, hospitality, or, in the near future, catering, so getting up at 4 or 4:30 is asking a lot of my already worn out bod. I’ve tried getting up with him to nurse while typing but it’s such a pain with one hand, literally, and I am suppose to wear that brace while I’m on the keyboard.
That being said, it’s time for catch-up: The Tapestry of Grace curriculum is a very jam-packed course of study, for those who haven’t seen it. It was a big hairy deal for us to invest in it after 16 years of homeschooling with me writing most of our unit studies. My DH asked me before our purchase if my pride was ready to use something that I didn’t write. He knows there was a time I felt I had to be AMAZING MOM and make all these amazing things happen in our home. Well, wisdom is not attained easily and I have learned that there’s nothing amazing about getting fried and wandering aimlessly through academia and not enjoy it.
Part of my problem is all the housekeep involved with a big family. I could spend hours in the laundry room alone. If I get sidetracked by cleaning or folding, it can be afternoon when we start school! Then I have to crash and burn for an afternoon nap because a child, or cat, woke me up in the night in addition to the regular feeding of my baby boy.
I wake up, it’s time to think about dinner and, ugh, the time gets away from me.
The TOG manual warns that there’s a 4-week-fog newbies go through when first starting this overwhelming curriculum. I have a feeling ours will be a 4-month-fog. When we started, I said we’re going to take it slow and take 2 weeks to do the first week. Wouldn’t you know it took 4 weeks for us to do one? Of course, we started in the midst of the performance of Taming of the Shrew, which included helping painting sets and late nights. This week, we haven’t done much out of the curriculum, mostly math, phonics, etc. It’s so hard to not get discouraged but Craig and I have found that if it takes us 2 years to get into a routine with this, we’re not the first and there’s so much in one year, it could hardly be considered “behind.” We are definitely in the “other” category with educational style. We’re “structured unschooling” or "rigid flexibility" as my DH would call it.
Today, we’ll finally paint those salt dough maps we started 3 weeks ago. Before or after HS drama troupe? We’ll just have to wait and see.
A-HA! It IS Akala. Jillian is so dead.
Enjoy this cuteness:
Meet "EYEBROW MAN"! He's been called that and "Judah-man" a la "You da man" since he was born.
Isaiah has been dubbed "CT" because when he's not smiling, these huge eyes make him look paranoid. SO... CT - Conspiracy Theory.
Isabelle, the cyclops.
Isn't she a princess?
God Bless you on this beeyootiful Autumn day!
God Bless you on this beeyootiful Autumn day!
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