Today I woke up feeling great!  Dare I say, NORMAL??!!  Since the onset of the morning sickness, this has been my best "working day" so far.  So, I jumped into my trial schedule just to see what would happen.  I thought I'd take a moment to share.

Most of us got up at that not-so-magic hour (still not tellin' ).  I'm not up to doing full-blown breakfasts yet (much to my oldest son's dismay), so he made toaster waffles for himself and I had a bowl of cereal.  Morning chores were completed and we were on to the Daily Chores.  For the first time in months, I actually got them put up on the dry erase board!  My oh-so-scheduled first-born was absolutely THRILLED!

We worked through all the chores in good time...I think it was 10:30 when the last one was erased!  Time for school with Child #3! 

At first, she was a bit confused because up until now, "school" has meant grabbing a coloring book and crayons and pretending it is important work.  When I pulled out actual materials, she said things like, "Can I color now?"  and "When can I do my coloring book?"  Part of me is wondering if she is still too young and I misjudged her readiness...but I'm not going to let one day make up my mind for me.  Besides, by this afternoon (when her school was long-over), she was asking over and over to do school and kept getting her book out and telling me which pages she wanted to do next ("Sorry kiddo...you don't get to pick and choose at random," says my brain as I nod and smile at her utter cuteness)

That went fairly well, but this is about the point I stopped taking my own good advice...meaning I tried to implement EVERYTHING all in one day.  Will I ever learn???

Remember, I was going to have my bigs take turns making lunch?  Well, I realized nearly too late that not only was it quickly approaching lunch time (and this pregnant mama DOES NOT like to miss lunch!), but I really had not informed them of this fact.  Thankfully, I was finished working w/ Child #3, so I could ramrod the operation, but it literally took all 3 of us working like crazy to get lunch on the table.  This is one of those areas that is going to have to wait I am afraid.  I think for now, I will just enlist them to help ME with lunch until I feel confidant they can actually handle it on their own.

Now onto Not-Taking-My-Own-Advice Chapter 2...

Two gigantic boxes arrived on my doorstep today from Rainbow Resource.  This is the thrill of every homeschooling mother's life...new stuff!  Well, I decided TODAY was the perfect time to start all those new subjects.  Prep time?  Who needs prep time?  I can wing just about anything!  HELLO?!  (All of you who have been reading my "advice" so neatly laid out for you on this blog, here is your proof positive that I am a real, live, occasionally insane, perfectly normal, homeschooling mom who does ridiculously foolish things more often than she would like to admit!)

So, I wing it through the schedule of subjects I had listed for today using brand-new materials I saw for the first time TODAY.  Amazingly enough, it went rather well.  Which is actually a BAD thing, because it means come tomorrow, I will try to do this all over again and the law of averages says there is NO WAY I can make this work for more than a couple of days in a row at which time, I will fall flat on my face and feel like a failure.  Yes, I will say it again...Will I ever learn???