I’m so tickled to be right here on the third day in a row simply sharing life. I have to and can get again to some extra curated content- recipes, Friday favorites, and so forth, however gosh proper now it feels good to simply present up and chat with you. I’m so inspired by your responses that you just miss this type of running a blog, too. It’s much less in your face, isn’t it? That’s how I really feel studying my favourite blogs. Like I can simply drop in when it really works in my schedule and examine in with a buddy. I hope you are feeling that means right here.
Sufficient waxing poetic, let’s chat a few much less balanced day 🙂
Thursdays have been our tremendous full days and yesterday was no exception. I wakened (6:15- attempting to slowly transfer again to that 6:00 mark), had espresso, wrote my weblog put up, then realized I had skipped proper over my out there window to stroll the canine. Sorry, Finley. She acquired a fast up and down the driveway, then I headed to the kitchen to prep breakfast and pack lunch on the similar time.
Breakfast was Greek yogurt with chia seeds and no grain granola with two fried eggs and my traditional cod liver oil and vitamin D. Whereas I ate that, I prepped some earl Gray tea to go, washed the produce, and threw lunch stuff into our massive cooler. I acquired dressed and the ladies and I had been out the door on the way in which to co-op by 8:30 (ish… humorous how that will get later and later as we get nearer to the final co-op day).
Our co-op is tremendous candy and we’ve loved it a lot. We begin with morning time which consists of composer research, artist research, and bible research, then I help in science for the oldest children (we performed with circuits), then I helped with the toddlers, then music with the younger children, then lunch, nature research (my fav!), and ended with Shakespeare. We stayed afterwards to let the children play within the gymnasium (basketball after which some fierce dodgeball) and the mothers chat. It’s my favourite time of the day!
We’ll miss seeing this candy group weekly after we change co-ops subsequent yr. We’ll be switching to an possibility the place I don’t have to show so I can focus solely on my children’ curriculum and classes, which was a little bit of a wrestle for me this yr since I’d spend Wednesday prepping and Thursday instructing different children. It felt like we missed two homeschool days and on the ages my women are at, we have to alter.
We left the church simply shy of 4:00, which meant a fast flip round at house. I threw in freezer meatballs in my trusty Dutch oven sluggish cooker, ate a fast snack (cottage cheese and BBQ chips), grabbed and Spindrift, and Ok and I had been again out the door by 4:20 to go to theater rehearsal.
She had rehearsal till 8:00 and whereas she did that I returned cellphone calls, swung by Goal to get a child birthday reward and a mud pan, and acquired fuel at Costco. We acquired house round 9:00 (it’s fairly a drive for us to the theater) the place I inhaled some spaghetti and meatballs, poured myself a magnesium, and chatted with the household earlier than all of us headed to mattress shortly after. It’s bizarre when your bedtime turns into the identical as your children!
Theater runs by this weekend, with three extra performances. I’ve blended emotions on this system we’ve been a part of this spring, as they allowed everybody who auditioned into the present, leading to a ton of tiny components (assume two minutes of stage time for a 80 minute manufacturing). Mix that with a demanding schedule and necessary volunteer hours on high of the month-to-month payment, and it was… loads.
Nonetheless, they’re adjusting issues for the autumn musical theater arrange and now Ok (and perhaps even H!) need to audition. It has me considering loads about household priorities and match these up with child actions. I’m a giant believer in the advantage of free time. It’s one of many causes we homeschool- time to discover private pursuits, play exterior, be bored, and so forth. I additionally see the advantages of activities- studying be a part of a staff, sportsmanship, achieve expertise in performing/talking to a crowd, and so forth.
I’ve stated all spring season lengthy, that we’d be signing up for much less within the fall. However determining precisely what that appears like is difficult. H is pretty easy; she desires to do piano and soccer. However now she’s inquisitive about musical theater as properly. Ok desires to do musical theater, soccer, softball, TKD, and voice classes. Clearly we can’t (and don’t need to) cart her round to all of these. Plus the ladies will do youth group on the church, which is one evening per week.
Add in appointments (chiropractor, dentist, hair cuts, and all the opposite little issues that pop up) and co-op and we’ll be setting ourselves up for an additional drive-happy fall.
All mothers know now we have to start out figuring these items out by summer time as a result of that’s when all of the registration occurs, so I’m curious the way you deal with this. I’ve associates that do nothing exterior the house and their lives look idyllic- sluggish evenings, unrushed mornings, time to make stunning dinners, and youngsters exploring exterior. My coronary heart principally craves that, however but I additionally love cheering on my children from the sidelines and watching them shine up on stage. Is there a stability to be struck or is it merely a season of life that will get a bit crazier and also you simply buckle up and benefit from the experience?
For those who’ve figured it out (or in case you haven’t), I’d be curious as to A) plan to deal with it in case you have little children B) are dealing with it in case you’re in the identical season or C) dealt with it when your children had been on this stage and in case you (in hindsight) would have modified something or have any recommendation.
And in case you’re simply silent studying out of your cellphone right now, that’s OK, too. 😉 Thanks for stopping by and I hope you’ve gotten an exquisite weekend! Oh, and one final image from our busy day- proof of dinner and loopy children wrestling on the sofa.
