Week 2

It was a great week.  We're on a roll!  Here is how our day goes:

I wake up at 530 and do Ripped in 30 by Jillian Michaels.  *APPLAUSE*  Thanks.  Yep, about to be half-way ripped, or I would be if it weren't for that daily bowl of ice cream. 

Then I shower and dress. 

You heard me right.  I've showered and dressed EVERY MORNING for the last two weeks. 

*APPLAUSE*  I know!  I'm pretty much amazing.  These are things I haven't done in a very long time.  You know WHY???  My 5th baby is about to be ONE!!!!   The fog is lifting and the clouds are parting.  I'm becoming human again.

After being a rockstar in the morning, at least half of my kids are awake and the baby is wanting fed, so I feed her sweet, chubby face.

7am I wake up the other half of my kids and we eat breakfast.

Right after breakfast we have family prayer and read scriptures together.
Then immediately do latin & math. 

The rest of the day is scattered with spelling, english, reading, copywork, myths, piano, lunch, dinner, etc.  It lasts all day long, from 530 am to 830 pm.

The kids do a lot of chores and keep the house clean.  I do a lot of cooking, cleaning, changing diapers, wiping bums (Zach is potty training himself!!!!), laundry, teaching, nagging, sneaking chocolate, etc.

Usually at the end of the day we squeeze in devotional (song, scripture verse, scripture story) and then recitations (IEW poetry & The Living Christ).

And then we watch Ben Hur until bedtime :)  It is so good!  I've never seen it before.  We've watched about 4 1/2 hours of it so far.  It is perfect because we are learning about the Romans in our history book right now.

Then the kids go to bed at 8pm and I read to them from Story of the World-Middle Ages & Our Island Story or a fairytale.

Tuesdays we go into town about 45 min away and take Savannah and Charlotte to piano lessons (I'm not sure about this teacher though...) and gymnastics (Savannah, Charlotte, & Maddy).  Next week we will also be going to homeschool class (PE, art, computers) on post on Wednesday mornings and Savannah will start Activity Day Girls on Wed. nights.

I have to say that I am really loving homeschool.  I love our full schedule.  I love learning along with the kids.  I love my kids!

We did do a curriculum switch this week.  I put aside Spell to Write and Read and purchased Rod & Staff's spelling for both girls.  They love it; I love it.  Charlotte wants more workbooks like her spelling, so today I bought her Rod & Staff's phonics and Climbing to Good English.  She will be just as busy as Savannah now, but that's what she wants!  Who knew?