Okay, I have to admit that I've been one of 'those' kinds of bloggers. By that I mean one of those people who has a blog and then doesn't post anything new for a really long time- in this case, 3 months. Not good. The only upside is that nobody reads this stuff yet anyway- so there is nobody to get mad at me. I couldn't even remember my password to get back on my blog to write something! Now that's bad!
Well, needless to say that past 3 mths have been absolutely CRAZY!!!!! The computer had died, then we all got sick (except for my hubby, as usual!), after which we started a major reno in our house (that 2 mths later STILL isn't finished), oh and yeah- I had another baby, this time by c-section that ended up getting infected prompting a week long stay in hospital (that makes for 5 kids).
I really was hoping to get more schooling done- but honestly, I knew that with a baby coming things were up for grabs. Hey, I'm still 2 mths behind on my weekly reports. Oops ;-)
Anyway, I've switched to the new curriculum I'd mentioned earlier- and I'm totally excited about it. The kids are somewhat getting into it, but after 2 - 3 mths of sloughing off- it's hard to get back into the swing of things for them and get to work.
The major blessing from the reno is that I now have a 'home school' room- right off the kitchen (before that it was crammed in downstairs with the playroom)! We're still dealing with some toys around to distract the kids- but so far it's been pretty good. Numbers 3 & 4 have been hanging around and listening to the older kids' lessons and #5 is kind of co-operating and sleeping pretty well so that I don't have to teach over her screaming.
But I am still struggling with trying to make things fun/interesting- but I have to remind myself that I'm here to build character not entertain them.
For example- my oldest came to the table yesterday looking all dejected and I wanted to know why. At first he refused to tell me (not a good sign when you're working on a unit entitled 'Obedience'), but eventually opened up. He said that he felt stupid. Talk about a teachable moment! Thankfully I was able to pray with him and share some verses with him- and it was very cool that once we started our 'official' bible lesson for the day that it talked about some of the same things/scriptures that I'd just shared with him. Gotta love it when God shows up! ;-)
It was such a blessing to see the weight lift off his shoulders by the end of the morning. I would hate to think of what kind of day he would have had if he'd been at public school with those thoughts pounding through his mind.... That's what it's all about and I'm glad that I have the privilege of being a part of his life and this process.
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