Oh, I am sure you have heard that joke about the blonde who wondered what happened to the sun after it went down, and then one morning it dawned on her...
Sorry! I'm kinda blonde, and have three blonde kids so I have a license to tell blonde jokes, ok?
All that silliness just to talk about our day. What do we DO all day? What kind of schedule do we have? I know this has come up before, but new homeschool mom's keep asking this question. So, let me tell you about today for instance.
Today I got up and took one of my daughters (little Red) to the store with me. We had been gone a week or more on family business so we were out of everything edible. Our dear friend who is a grocery clerk asked us over and over why my daughter wasn't in school today and I said it was because of a parent-teacher conference. That is what I call it when I talk to myself. :) Anyway, little Red and I planned out a few meals and got some yummy healthy snacks and even some NEW veggies to try. (Brussel Sprouts!)
When we got home we had a pow-wow with the rest of the gang and I told everyone my plan for the day. We still had Christmas decor to take down from outside, and so we worked on that, cleaned the front yard and were THRILLED when it was all done.
Next on the agenda was to read this to the kids: What Not To Read by Cindy Rushton. We love to read, and we have always been very careful about what to allow our children to read. But it gets REALLY hard to preview everything, so some things have slipped past my best judgment.
My kids are all old enough now to have their own discernment on things, and this article helped them to see God's view of what we should or should not read. I highly recommend it! Our discussion turned into a wonderful time of looking up definitions, scripture verses and talking about some of the books we have read lately. We now will be asking ourselves; "will this book undermine our values, or undergird us?"
That ended up taking the better portion of a couple of hours up and after that we all went our own ways for a little while to do things like cooking, reading, writing, playing, etc, Then Daddy came home, we had dinner and some family time. Now I am working on this and have enjoyed reading some blogs tonight!
One other thing I want to mention is Robin Sampson had a great post this week highlighting some "typical" days of various homeschool families. No two alike. Enjoy the variety of lives you will read about! Go read some great stuff over at the Heart of Wisdom blog.
So what will we do tomorrow? I guess I will have to wait and see. I sure something will dawn on me!
Blessings!
Nancy
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