Today was an interesting day! I'm going to start out by saying I realize a fool vents all his feelings and complaining is our expression of distrust in God's faithfulness. I'm just writing this to sort it all out in my mind and decompress from the day. God has been ever so faithful to me in all areas of my life! I just had a rough day at the doctor with my two little ones. Even though this has nothing to do with homeschooling, it is more of a "granola" topic than I feel comfortable posting on myspace.
I just felt like my parental rights were walked all over today. As homeschoolers, we are obviously big supporters of parental rights. I don't do well-child checks very often, but we go to a crazy clinic that deletes the records (and I'm talking gone forever . . . shot records and all . . . it has happened to us twice) if a child doesn't come in after two years. So, I decided to take the two little ones in today, before I'm too far along in the pregnancy. We now have a new doctor, and I was a bit disappointed. He was looking at Noah (who just turned 4 years old a few weeks ago), and asked if he went to school yet. I guess I knew I was in trouble right then! LOL! Our last doc. was a pastor's wife and was supportive (although I'm sure she wasn't in total agreement) of our homeschooling, cloth diapering, delayed shots, and refusing some shots. I just told the doc. today "no", so then he asked when he was going to start school. I'm a slow thinker / speaker, and I didn't answer in his time frame, so he just said something about not this year, and I again said "no".
Then I had to explain the fact that our two year follow up for our son's neurosurgery had been canceled due to the neurosurgeon's medical leave. He told me twice to call and get another appointment. He was obviously more worried about it then we and the neurosurgical office were! I overheard him talking in the lobby to the nurse, and I guess he asked her to call down and get us an appointment. Gee wiz!
Then there were the shots. Oh my! Always before they have told me before the shots, what they would be giving, and I would sign a permission form. They came in and gave both boys five shots, and I didn't even know what they were giving them. Once the shots were over and I had a crying boy (my brave 4 year old didn't cry at all), they gave me the papers that said what they received. So, when I got home I found out that they had given them both the chicken pox shot. We weren't giving that to our kids!! They also both got the Hep A shot. I thought that was only a sexually transmitted disease, so I wasn't planning on giving that one. Grrrr!
Then there were the questions about Noah. Does he know the difference between boys and girls? LOL! Uh, he has three sisters, yea! Does he ask questions like, why is he kissing her or why is he touching her. So, I asked for a clarification . . . do you mean does he ask questions, because he asks a LOT of questions? So she semi-whispers . . . about sex. What? He is a four year old! Oh my!
So, now I'm wondering what I'm going to do once the baby arrives. Luckily, we are having her in another county, so we will just use a ped. on staff at the hospital. But I don't even think I want to take that poor baby into that office for quite a while. I don't start shots until they are 2 months, but I'm thinking that won't go over very well! Steve says he will take the kids next time, but since I'm one of those obsessed breastfeeders, I don't leave my babies side for six months or so. I guess Steve will just have to go with me and be my bodyguard.
So, I'm here blogging, trying to sort it all out! The good thing was that Noah was especially well behaved! The nurse really complemented him on his behavior and me on my parenting. I always tell people that compliment me on my children's behavior that we have our moments, but it makes me feel a little better to know my children stick out in this dark world.
As far as homeschooling . . . we had a get-together practice last night with the children that are doing the reading competition. It was really fun! I only did 8 questions. I thought some of the questions were pretty tough, but those kids are REALLY sharp! One team missed one question, but the other teams got all the questions correct. I obviously need to have higher expectations. They all had a great time playing together after we were done as well. I'm glad we are doing this and hopefully we can do it several times a year. It has been really good for Hannah. She might end up reading all ten books by the end. I didn't think so until last night, but she got inspired! I'm planning to evaluate her reading level in the next week to see if she is doing better after all this reading.
I'm also trying to set up a cake decorating get-together. Problem is that I'm running out of time. I don't want to get too close to the due date . . . not that I think I will ever go early 
, but I might be a bit grumpy to have a group of kids in my kitchen. My friend would like to set up a quilting get-together. How fun! I was thinking of a crocheting group, but I'm not ready for that right now!
Esther only has four days of school left! Yea! Unfortunately, I don't have her 1st grade books yet, so I'm not sure what I'll have her do to keep her mind active. The ABeka sale isn't until the end of March, and I WON'T pay for shipping, so we will just wait. So cheap!
Nathan has 30 days of school left. He may be done before the baby comes. Hannah and Sarah are now a bit ahead of the school system, so I think I can safely take three weeks off when the baby arrives. Hoping the Lord gives us a calm little #7! I'm just now adjusting from the birth of #6, so I figure this one will take 2 years to adjust to.
Regarding my "courtship" blogs . . . we have some missionary friends that have mentioned several times that our Esther and their son would make a good team. LOL! We haven't signed any contracts yet.
Well, I feel much better after this blog time. It is always a sanity saver for me!
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