Homeschooling a Houseful

A not normal day...which actually happens more often than not

7:22 PM, May. 12, 2009 .. Posted in Family .. 1 comments .. Link

So we are up and getting the house straightened up so we can start school and a big yellow tractor pulls onto the street. In the past I have called the big yellow tractor a babysitter because my boys will sit outside and just watch. They are working a few doors down and it is really windy and cold today so the boys don't stay out the whole time, but there is a lot of in and out. You just can't get any school work done when there is heavy machinery outside. I learned this along time ago and I don't even try.

Hilarie needs to be held...she is so sweet, when she is hurting because of her skin she will say to me, "I just want to hold you." When she was younger it was, "Hold you." So, I sit to hold her and she falls asleep, at 10:00, not normal but very precious. I have a tractor outside to occupy the boys so I figure I will just enjoy the moment....and then I fall asleep and we wake up at 11:00.

The day seemed to continue on in that way. You know, those kinds of days where it just doesn't feel like anything productive is going on. I am ok with that. I know things were happening. I did get 3 loads of laundry done. The house isn't a wreck. We had a terrific dinner of french toast made my Haylee and Joseph. Those two are so fun to listen to when they are working together. They are just silly.

Well, this is what I would call a non-normal day. One where the things we are "supposed" to do didn't get done, but good stuff did get done. It actually is more normal than not. It is what is like when you have household of children...sometimes you just have to go with the flow.
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12:42 PM, May. 13, 2009 .. Posted by quietcajun
I always think about that poem about how babies don't keep... I know your daughter is not a baby really, but snuggling a child sounds much more inviting than staying "on track", doesn't it? :)

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