Homeschooling a Houseful

My day today

8:20 PM, May. 4, 2009 .. Posted in Family .. 1 comments .. Link

So many people ask me how I do it and I honestly don't know what to say. I don't think I do that much! We do keep life pretty simple.

Here is what my day today was like.

4:15 am up and out of bed.
5:00 work on ministry...I am a board member of our local homeschool support group and I handle the e-mail that comes in and changes to the website.
5:45 start a load of laundry and then scrapbook time, today I worked on power layouts for Jacobs 2007 photos. I have a scrapbook night coming up and I like to have all my page supplies ready to go so that I can travel light.
6:30 clean my room
6:45 younger children up and get their breakfast for them (we have cereal and toast)
7:00 out the door and off to the gym for 1 hour of cardio and strength training
While I am gone, the children finish breakfast, get dressed, brush their teeth, do their chores, clean their rooms and then play quietly until I get back home.
8:40 home, start another load of laundry and head right back out to take Heide to work
9:00 shower
9:20 begin school with Joshua, we begin with Math then Language, Reading and Handwriting
10:00 begin the last load of laundry for today
10:30 begin school with Jonathan and Jacob, Reading first, Language, Math and Handwriting
11:30 Haylee makes lunch while I read History to the 4 younger boys
12:00 lunch, chores which includes folding laundry
1:00 leave to pick up Heide from work
1:30 school with Hilarie and James. This involves coloring, counting, learning shapes and stuff like that.
the rest of the afternoon is just spent doing whatever with the children.
4:30 I begin making dinner..tonight...gasp...Hamburger Helper. Like I said I keep it simple and we have a helper about 2 times a week.
Dinner and chores.
5:30 I make peanut butter cookies while the children watch a Planet Earth episode with daddy.
6:30 quiet time with kiddos reading books, chatting.
7:00 Hilarie, Jacob and James go to bed. Hilarie needs some extra holding before bed tonight as she is pretty itchy.
7:30 Joshua and Jonathan go to bed.
Now I am here, blogging, something I don't get around to very much because I just don't make the time.
I also need to print some worksheets for the boys school tomorrow. I have put some assignments in their folders that they can work on while I am at the gym.

Maybe I should do this everyday this week. It might be interesting, for me, to look back and see my week in writing.

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Good to see you blogging again!

4:04 PM, May. 5, 2009 .. Posted by Terri in BC
I love following how you manage your family, your faith and your scrapbooking and have missed your regular posts.

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