December Goals

If you have been following my blog for awhile, I’m sure you have noticed that things have been very quiet!  No posts about lessons or what we have been doing.  So just what have I been doing?  I have been dealing with a certain four year that has been having some very alarming tantrums, and truthfully it has just sucked the energy right out of me!  My son is so different from my daughter.  Emily wants to held and cuddled when she was upset.  Aiden needs to be left alone to work things out.  If you try and hold him, he lashes out ~ kicking and screaming! 

So what does this have to do with my December  goals?  While caring and worrying about my kids, I have neglected my poor husband and myself.  So, my top priorities are:

• Find a babysitter and plan a date night with my hubby (at least every other week)!
• Get a head start on Bible in 90 days, which starts January 3rd.

We are going to be homeschooling this month, however it is going to be a light month ~ reading, baking and crafts.  I’m really hoping this will be a relaxing month, where I can focus on the family and take some steps to create a calmer environment.  This brings me to my other goals for the month:

• Declutter the house.  Seriously, the thought of more toys and stuff coming in the house causes me to have a panic attack!
• Menu planning ~ why did I ever stop this? 
• Establish some new rhythms in our home:
  • Monday ~Baking
  • Tuesday ~ Crafts
  • Wednesday ~ Handiwork
  • Thursday ~ Head outside to explore
  • Friday ~ Family day
  • Saturday ~ Cleaning and errand day
  • Sunday ~ Rest

Are you homeschooling this month?  What are you goals?

~Cindy

Keeping It Real!

I just listened to Todd Wilson online at The Schoolhouse Expo (sorry it’s sold out but you can still get the Expo To Go).  If you have never read his books or listened to him speak before, I HIGHLY recommend grabbing one of his books!  Todd talks about lies we homeschooling moms believe and the fact that we are not always real with other people because we are afraid of what they might think.  So I’m gonna end the day by keeping it real.

• I stayed in my pjs all day.
• I let the kids watch TV most of the day.
• I have a sink full of dishes.
• My son has no clean underwear ~ and I have a HUGH pile of laundry waiting for me.
• I have been on the computer WAY too much ~ all week!
• I yelled at my kids today ~ numerous times for being loud and acting like….well kids.
• This week  I have really struggled with discipline issues and I have been down on my knees asking God for help and guidance.

Ah, I feel better! 

~Cindy

What I’ve Been Doing the Past 2 Hours or BEWARE of Gloop!

My kids LOVE the dollar section at Target!  The last time we were there they talked suckered me into buying some pink gloopy stuff that had a little plastic bug in the middle.  As I put two containers in the cart, I was thinking, should I really get this stuff?  Queue music Dum, Dum, Dummmmm!

When we got home, I laid down the ground rules: 

• You are only allowed to play with the gloop at the table!
• If you drop it on the floor make sure you pick it up!
• Do not eat this stuff!

Well, my sweet daughter ignored the first rule, and during quite time she came out of her room in hysterics ~ literally!

This is what I saw.

 

Want a close-up?  Yep, it’s stuck down at the roots of her hair!

Luckily my Mom was here for a visit (I’m sure she would disagree that it was lucky for her).  She held the roots of Emily’s hair as I tried to gently remove the gloop.  Emily was a trooper and didn’t cry as we pulled, combed, pulled and combed some more!

Aiden was sleeping peacefully during most of the ordeal, or at least until he fell out of bed!   I checked to make sure he wasn’t hurt and went back to work on Emily’s hair.  After about two hours, the gloop was out!  Of course so was a good bit of her hair (the picture really doesn’t show how much hair was pulled out).

 

I went back to check on Aiden and this is what I found.

Him curled up on the floor sleeping soundly on a pee soaked rug!   Insert crazy laughter ~ really what else could I do?  So how was your day?

~Cindy