Homeschooling a Houseful

Another Day..pretty much the same as the day before

7:20 PM, May. 5, 2009 .. 0 comments .. Link

So today really was very similar to yesterday.
4:15 I got up and had my quiet time
5:00 At my desk to do some homeschool support group stuff. Answered a few e-mails and started my report for this week's board meeting
5:45 Start a load of laundry and then scrapping, continued working on power layouts. I have 10 pages ready to put together on the 16th. I need to have at least 20 ready for that night.
6:30 Clean my room, make the bed and stuff like that.
6:45 kiddos up and get them their breakfast
6:55 Out the door and heading to the gym. Again, 1 hour of cardio and strength training...legs today
8:40 Back home, start another load of laundry and take Heide to work
9:00 shower and then have some Bible time with the children
9:45 Put the last load of laundry in and begin schooling with Joshua
All the boys did excellent with their independent work folders this morning. School will go very fast, but unfortunately it isn't the nicest day outside. It is cold and windy and raining off and on.
Joshua and I go over the work in his folder and I then go over the assignments I am putting in for tomorrow. He has a math worksheet, he is adding double digits with carrying, a handwriting page and a alphabetizing page for language. We do reading together and we are done.
10:30 Put the last load of laundry into the dryer and then Jacob and I go over his independent work folder and I put in tomorrow's math and handwriting. Then I do the same with Jonathan. For reading I work with both boys together.
11:30 I read History to the boys. Today our story was about Christopher Columbus.
12:00 lunch and chores, which includes putting away the laundry.
12:30 Hilarie watches the Backyardigans while I tidy up my office.
1:15 leave to get Heide from work
1:45 School with James and Hilarie. This isn't serious schooling, I do this just to establish the routine, or the idea of doing school everyday.
2:30 Dad's home, chaos now will reign for a little while. Haylee and I go downstairs to work on scanning some photos that Hollie needs for the wedding that is in less than two months.
4:30 Time to make dinner. Tonight, spaghetti and 3 loaves of garlic bread.
6:00 Dan is reading Narnia to the children and I sneak away downstairs to do some more scanning.
6:30 I can't believe I got all the pics done today. I really thought this job would take several days. All scanned and burned to a CD. Yes, one big job for the wedding done.
Hilarie is having a difficult time with her skin lately. Lots of holding is necessary just to try to keep her from scratching. Bedtime can be difficult when she is having lots of skin problems.
7:30 Here I am blogging. I guess I didn't really finish yesterdays. I go to bed around 9 and usually turn the computer off about 8:00. So, this is pretty much the end of my day. I will spend some time talking with the teens and going over their school work, answering any questions they have a stuff like that.

Thanks for reading. I think doing this journal of my day is a good way for me to get back into blogging. Seems I expanded on my day a bit more today. Bear with me while I get back into the groove.

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