I want to ditch afternoon lessons and do some project like cleaning, or washing windows, or sorting out a file cabinet.   I don't want to do lessons....but I really want to finish the SL week that we have been trying to finish for ages.  It will feel so good to get that done.

I am having trouble being interested in our history lessons lately.  I don't know if it is just me, or the time of year when I feel uninspired about school, but I'm about ready to shelve history until Fall.  But then the other part of me wants to get through what we're doing now into a time that I am more interested in.

Morning lessons have gone really well this week.  Boo has started Vocabulary lessons formally (he had been following along with us), and he is doing them mostly independently.  He also started a new handwriting book---in the middle--as that seems to be where he is at with his fine motor skills.  He is nearly ready to try cursive Italic.

Belle is excited about her new math level.  The kids even did two pages of math one day this week.  Her reading is coming along very well too.

I have been working on my own attitude lately.  I am not there yet, by any means, but I've been learning that I must give the control over our schedule and days to the Lord, and not to stress about what doesn't get done.  It is a constant fight when the house is messy but I don't have time to clean because I'm doing school. (Cleaning is a Saturday job around here.)  Or when I would much rather do something else than cook.  I need to have a more thankful heart--first that I am able to do it, and secondly that I have a family to do it for!  And complaining about it is not setting a good example for my daughter, who is rapidly growing up.