Well... I took the camera with us today so I could take pictures of this precious first day of school. HA wasnt i living in a dream world!! lol. You wouldnt have wanted to see pictures from today. 2 of the kids were trying me. they wanted to see if i was serious that I expected more work out of them t his year and less goofing off. well, we started at 8:30. 3 of them are not done yet (its 4:30!!!) and are grounded. But, I think today they learned that I am serious and they, hopefully, wont be trying this again. Hopefully tomorrow goes way better. So, tonight, we will continue doing school until its done (dnt get me wrong, really, i didnt overload them, they just sat there crying 'its too hard" come on, simple addition for 3rd and 4th graders!! they wanted to be lazy)
But, it seems that the new program, Switched on Schoolhouse, will be a winner. Alex didnt get such a good grade, but he skipped 3 pages because it didnt see that he had to go to a new page before taking a quiz (it was hard to see, if you didnt know to look for it) Danni, who I was concerned about, (shes the one begging for public school) loved it and says its great, so theres a BIG plus!!
So, we have a few bugs to work out, and today they found out that Im serious about working and not being lazy, but i think tomorrow will go better and that this will be good. im not ready to give up :) im anxious for tomorrow so we can take what weve learned today and start fresh again!! Isnt grace wonderful!! Its gonna be a great year!! im so blessed to be able to keep my precious little ones home with me!! (even though their not so little anymore :(
And I have to add... the one that caused the most problems today, and has stressed me ridiculously ,is sitting at the tabel doing his math and working very hard, while everyone else is on a little break. and just beig as precious as he can. thats why we call him "Precious Sammy"
They are a lot of work, and takes A LOT of patience (which I fail miserably at!!!) but I sure do adore my babies!! Thank you Lord for these gifts!!!
~~Steph |
