Homeschooling a Houseful

So many sick children

8:35 PM, Mar. 16, 2006 .. Posted in RandomMusings .. 2 comments .. Link

Yep, we have a lot of children. I don't often feel that way, but when they all get sick, it can get tricky to manage. Reminds me of this past summer when we had to put our dog down. She had been with us for 8 years and the children took it hard, even though we had been preparing them for about 6 months. Fortunately we were smart enough to tell them in groups. We told the older children first, helped them through the initial grieving, then told the middle children, helped them with their grieving then told the little ones that Sarah would be leaving us. By the time it was all done, I was emotionally exhausted.

Anyway, sometime during the night it seems that all the children conspired together and they all woke up sick. James, pretty sure he has an ear infection, he has received ear drops, some elderberry and ibuprophen. Haylee, sore ear, garlic, ear drops, Kings echinecea, elderberry, Heide sore throat so same meds as Haylee, Jonathan he started being sick yesterday and Jacob did too. Coughs and runny noses. Hilarie also woke up with the runniest little nose.

I did manage to get the boys room cleaned out this mornning. One thing I have noticed about boys. They collect things. Things, mild bottle caps, wire, batteries, just stuff. I didn't want them to get rid of their treasures so we just did some organizing. We moved furniture and did a real good vacuuming. Their room looks great. I am hoping to work with Heide and Haylee in their room tomorrow, but I better not get myself too locked into that idea.

I have begun my homeschool planning for next year. For Math we are going to go back to Saxon. I have used it before and we are ready for a change. I had the children take the placement tests today and they all tested exactly how I expected them to. Haylee will be in Saxon 6/5 and both Heide and Joseph will be in 8/7.

We are going to try a new History program that is literature based. This is something I have never tried before. For Science I am thinking it might be fun to do a unit on First Aid and then to do a unit on Nutrition.

Well, I suppose I should try to get some sleep. I don't know what the night is going to look like.

My verse for this evening and tomorrow is:
Isaiah 41:10
fear not, for I am with you;
be not dismayed, for I am your God;
I will strengthen you, I will help you,
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

So tonight if I am up with little ones and tomorrow when I am managing a home while meeting the needs of my little ones I will remember that God is MY GOD, He will give me every ounce of strength that I need, God will help me to do all the HE INTENDS for me to do. He will uphold me.

Thank you Jesus.

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9:02 PM, Mar. 16, 2006 .. Posted by CreativeHomeschooling
Our dog of 5 years got ran over 2 months ago. My kids still occassionally cry about it. We just got a cat and one of my ds has this fear HE"S going to die now...not sure how I am going to handle this fear issue about death. I think it will help that you are preparing them.

You are so right about boys collecting bits of pieces of things! I remember when i was young there was a laundry soap commercial where a mother was emptying out her boys pockets with lots of stuff. Now that I have 3 boys, I think of how true that commercial is, especially when i do laundry. I can't tell you how many rocks I've found in the washer.

Jennie von Eggers
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9:21 PM, Mar. 16, 2006 .. Posted by chickadee
sorry to hear everyone is sick. that is so hard. God will give you strength.