All in a Day

 

The days fill up so fast.  My days with the girls have been great, I love that we could go on all day and still want to go on!  There is so much on homeschooling out there, it is overwhelming.  I have a group of friends that we get together with and some great learning and fun goes on, but I know there are so many families out there that I almost feel like I've limited myself because there's not enough time in the day it seems, to venture out and do more.  We've gone to the YMCA a few afternoons to let the girls swim, and there are tons of families there where the kids are all in this couch area where they are working on their schoolwork and moms are visiting, but the opportunity hasn't quite presented itself to meet anyone. 

I had to share a few snapshots of a typical day.  The first one is of Em making some of her lunch on her own as I am probably throwing in a load of laundry of getting something "important" around the house done.  They are getting  to be pretty self-sufficient at their noon meal.  I love watching them "round out" their plates, getting in all the colors they can or trying to complete their food pyramid. 

We also love the computer!  The girls are taking a foreign language and keyboarding, and we will get on live webcasts (above) on Thanksgiving, but we also love to work on various skills like math, watching videos on Discovery Education, and writing responses to Time for Kids.  

On Thursdays, we go to a coop with three other families.  Our afternoon is centered mostly around Science, and then we do an elective.  so far the kids have been sewing corn hole bags, drawstring bags, cutting ornaments with a scroll saw and drawing.  In Science, we are learning about the Human Body.  Emily M. leads it and she is a chemical engineer, which is awesome, because the kids are learning so much!  On this post, we drew blood and found out our blood type.  They were so brave and so interested! 

I know how blessed I am to have the opportunity to be home with my girls and now even have the chance to be teaching them all that I can.  All in a day.