Running out of Time....

This week has been better- have actually managed to get nearly everything done by lunch time a couple of days this week. And honestly, I think the boys much prefer it that way. I think when I wait till the younger ones go down for their naps- the older ones are upset that I'm infringing on 'their' time. But when I commandeer their time from when they get up, they don't seem to mind (as much)- and then they think they've won the lottery when I say that they have the rest of the day free to play.

But I feel like I'm running out of time- esp. with math. I did a quick calculation and there aren't enough days left in the school year to finish everything in the books. Doesn't help that we really did no math for the first half of the school year. So, I'm going to have to take a serious look at things to see what I have to do, what would be nice to do and what can be skipped. The hard part is that they actually have to learn the math- not just be introduced to it, and I can't rush that. Hopefully I can figure out how to focus and buckle down with it to get it done.

It's hard to believe that February is almost gone and there is only 4 mths 'left' for this year! But that also scares me- I only have 4 mths left to get it all done, which if the boys worked faster, wouldn't be a problem. I'm going from 'we have all year' to 'the year is almost done'. Aaaaah! Need to keep focused and on task. One day at a time. Plug away bit by bit- majoring on the majors and minoring on the minors.

Deep breath, deep breath- and don't hyperventilate. ;-)

On the plus side, I was thinking about our year so far- warts and all, and realizing that deep down, I think I'm really loving this whole home school journey that we're on. Just want to make sure that academically, we're keeping up with where we're supposed to be.