Got up, too early, I forgot to reset the most important clock in the house, my alarm clock  and....well, we've all done it, we end up getting an "extra hour" in ways we hadn't expected. I read. I prayed. I ran. I feed 6 people, found their shoes, coats, books, backpacks and HOMEWORK! Really, I do not know the how families who attend "traditional" school do it!!! Co-op mornings are CRAZY! I dropped off half the kids at their co-op classes and then took the others shoppping...can anyone say MATH? Yes, a  grocery shopping trip constitutes math some days. Some math questions to use shopping are: Which has the greater value, family size A or six B's? I need 8 of those how many more cans will make 8? (can be used as a subtraction question also!) Will that feed 7 people including 4 boys? I believe the last question has some algebraic qualities, if I could only figure them out how while I'm  trying to read my hastily scribbled list and negotiate a disobediant cart while apologizing to everyone I "bump"! Back to math; Another math activity for shopping is; Can you tessellate those cans and boxes? That last one is considered advanced Math for kindergarten. I might have to run around alot some days and feel as if my feet never touch ground, BUT what I do get after next Monday (co-op shuts down)  is SIX weeks to spend with my children without having to stress them out, almost, every Monday. After next week we can spend some time just reading books, or diving into that study on the book of Revelation we've been working on. (The Revelation study was their choice!) I like Revelation, it comes with a blessing and it previews with an awesome assurance of out GREAT GOD'S love!!! Yep, it's right there in Revelation 1, just after God tells us just how big He is! Anyway, today flew past and I didn't touch home base for nearly 12 hours....But I know my children all learned something today. On the fly, we read 2 DK books on the World Wars, My 12 year old daughter & her friend & I went to the store & used money she saved in order to to purchase a bible for her 8 year old brother. She wanted to congratulate him on his learning how to read! We all purchased a bag of clothes & goodies for a young girl in a Kenyan orphanage. We made treats for their youth group tonight. Now, I get to spend time with my hubby while my 14 year old son takes care of his little brothers. Then, as he says, after they go to bed he will write some more of his book. And my middle son decided to look up more renaissaince works of art on our computer version of the encyclopedia after his older brother shared his "Art of the Western World" video with him.  I love Homeschool! I wouldn't trade this for all the free time in the world...! However, I do enjoy a little time alone in the coffee shop once & a while! For those of you who read this, thanks for coming along on my, very often, unpolished journey.... May you be blessed with the Love of our Great God!

SILLY STORY:

Yes, I love coffee....no excuses...okay, one excuse, I drink only water & coffee...1/2 decaf.... I guess that's 2 excuses. My Children are now up on the fact that I like (read: need) coffee. My 5 & 8 year old wanted to visit a certian bookstore to buy a book. My 5 year old says, as we walk through the bookstore, a fun bookstore that offers coffee, coffee I intended to purchase before purchasing their books says, "looks like the Queen of Coffee should give up her coffee." "Shh!"  Yesterday, at Church this child declared my husband "the King of Coffee"..... too much insight from one so young!.....Uh, 3rd excuse, I don't drink coffee after 2pm..... (except once in a while!)....I'll stop now!