Admission: I have a love/hate relationship with schedules.
I like to spend copious amounts of time laboring over a schedule . . . to then throw it out the window the first day I try to implement it. I then turn into a fly by the seat of my pants kinda girl. Or you could think about it as a juggler. I try to juggle all of my responsibilities without letting anything drop.
Since no two days are a like around here, I’ll just give a general peek.
There is one exception to the above statement. Caffeine. Coffee. My day starts with it and is sustained by it.
After I’ve downed about two cups, I’m usually able to deal with other humans (6:30 – 7-ish).
I try to have my crew done with morning chow around 8 or 8:30. They head off for room chores and I head up to the schoolroom.
We work until around 11-ish (I trade off who I’m working one-on-one with and we take constant snack breaks) and then have afternoon chow.
Typically, I like to be done with school by lunch because we all want to pursue other interests. Some days it happens. Some days it doesn’t.
During the afternoon, I can be found on the computer (without fail) and the crew is off creating a play, catching frogs, having bike races, etc., etc., etc. . . .
Dinner’s served up anywhere from 5:30 to 6-ish. Family worship follows, along with some French reading and then the bedtime routine.
If it’s been a particularly rough day (i.e. I failed at my juggling act), this is the time I whine and cry to hubby and he tells me how totally awesome I am. *snort*
Some nights I crawl in bed and read a book until I can’t keep my eyes open and some nights I hide in the schoolroom and watch one of my favorite chick flicks with a glass of wine.
And then I do it all over again the next day.
Shhh!
Some days I want to literally pull all of my hair out.
Then there are some days when a member of the crew will do something really smart or say something really intelligent and I’ll think to myself: “Where did he learn that?! Oh, wait a minute. I taught him that. Sweeeeeet! I guess I can do this homeschool thing for another day or two.”
Note: These pictures were intended to make me look like a goober. Please do not send e-mails telling me I look like a goober. I know. It’s all good.
I love the pictures — so cute!
This is our first year of getting school done in the morning hours and I just love it. It was fun to get a peek at your day.
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I too like to be done by lunch, anything after that they can do on their own. Thanks so much for sharing, love the pictures of you. Have a blessed week.
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hahaha the pics just make the whole post worth it.
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I whine and cry a lot too! Love the pictures – I should do that too – it made me laugh.
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I'm lovin' the photo journal. So glad to "see" I'm not the only homeschool momma that wants to pull her hair out every now & then.
My boys would never survive public school – not near enough snack times
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I have that same relationship with schedule…a couple years ago I came to terms with the fact that I will NEVER have a time slot schedule. Now we just have school from 8:30ish to 11:30ish and it works much better than time-slotting each subject! (great pics btw)
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I am so like you… have the best schedule… then it just sort of happens how it is going to happen. And your pictures are wonderful! hahaha!
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Can very much relate to your scheduling!
Love those picture of you!
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Your pictures are fun and your post made me smile. I like being done early too, but don't always find it possible unfortunately.
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We like to be done by lunch but seeing as we like to 1.) sleep in and 2.) eat lunch early… it just doesn't work out for us anymore. But we are done before 2pm… and sometimes before 10am if they are superdeedupermotivated about something!
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PS You are a pretty goober.
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Sure, come on over and hang out in our schoolroom any time, you can call it a field trip.
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Awesome pics-and thanks for sharing your day-we're new to this whole homeschool thing, and it's fun to see how others do it! I do like the idea of getting lessons done in the morning-we're definately going to try that!
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Cute pictures!
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