I am currently reading some Joshua Harris books on courtship, VERY good.And I'm in Psalms again, its amazing how it always is just what I need in every situation I find myself in. At bedtime the boys and I in Leviticus.
Our Curriculum:
Horizons Math Grade 3, Apologia Science (Swimming Creatures), Sequential Spelling, Lifepac Language Arts (getting ready to start Grade 4) and we'll start a new History unit on Egypt when we finish science.
Peter often tells me I appear too perfect in my blogs (and he'll be the 1st to tell you how far from perfect I am). That is not at all my intention, it is just that I blog to encourage people, and how encouraging could it be to tell about my bad days, or all the ways I fall short? But today on a blog I read the writer was completely honest about her bad days, and it was SO encouraging to me! A great reminder that I am not alone, and how hard adapting after a baby (she her a baby days before I did) is and that it is ok to stumble as I try and figure out what life is going to be like with 3 children.
Yesterday was one of those bad days! I woke up and needed to shower and it threw my ENTIRE day off! (I normally shower at night since having Abigail for a couple reasons. Partly because I have too much to do in the morning, partly because after her crying all evening I need the relaxation of the hot water!). After my shower I still had my normal morning chores (laundry, unload dishwasher pick up the house etc) and I was so caught up in trying to get that done I didn't get her down for her morning nap on time (about an hour after she wakes up). Which meant she was already overly tired by the time I tried to get her to sleep and protested which made her more tired (the Healthy Sleep book I blogged about yesterday truly opened my eyes to how it is a vicious cycle for her). All day she didn't sleep much which made her more tired and more cranky when she was awake. We've had many days like this since she was born, and I just this week figured out what was causing it. So all the other times I was so frustrated not knowing WHY she was crying or why nothing I did would console her). At 3pm I was DONE! The whole day was undone. I didn't get half my tasks done, I was tired and cranky so I popped in a DVD and went to bed with Abigail until Daddy got home (the boys sat on the bedroom floor and watched it with us). For dinner we ordered Pizza Hut (They have the new Natural pizza), and the break from not having to cook or clean up and do dishes helped me have the energy to get caught up on the dishes and picking up last night so that this morning could start off right! And she did end up being up a good portion of the night screaming so bad we ended up sleeping on the couch! So I hope it is as encouraging to you as it was to me to know we all have bad days, and no one is perfect!
