One week down.....

Our day ended yesterday with our "Subject of the Day", which was science. We watched a fun video from the library called: "My First Science Video: A Kids' Guide to Science Experiments". It was great; give it a try! It had about 20 different, easy science experiments and they showed you how to do each one. We stopped the video a few times to do some! Most you could have done with stuff you have in your house already.


Addie making music....

Seth REALLY like this! So cute!

Playing their flutes made from straws cute at different lengths! Ah, it was a good day................

But, we did have a rough day in the mix:

I had been thinking we would start school after Labor Day but the kids kept asking to start, plus they have been showing signs of being ready......ie: fighting, fighting and more fighting. So, we started this week. Audrey had a doctor's appointment on Monday, so we decided to just start on Tuesday. Pretty good day. Then came Wednesday. What happened? Not sure. A student huffily pushed their book across the counter in protest. The same student threw a piece of their eraser in my general direction. That student had a time-out. So did I. Another student drug their feet all afternoon and we finally finished hours after we could have. Did I cry that day to my husband the minute he walked in the door? Oh ya. "Am I NUTS???? It would be so much easier to just send them to school!". Yes, I did say that. But I am not going to do that. Will, the master lecture-giver, sat them all down before dinner and we had a CHAT. No more pushing your books across the counter. No more throwing your eraser at you mom. No more messing around and not focusing. We went over the book I bought "21 Rules of This House" which I highly, highly recommend. It is amazing. LOVE it. Anyway, the kids said they would do better. And they DID! Yesterday was a dream. We started at 9am and they each earned their "Dime on Time"; they get a dime each day for being on time. (Oh, well one missed out, but will do better next time, I just know it!!!) Bed made, hair done, breakfast eaten, chores done. They moved through their assignments and got done with all that was written in their daily planner. Happy Day! I felt so much better. We made tall cupcakes with my new pan to celebrate!! (Did you know that one cake mix only makes 6 of them!!?? So funny!!!) Oh, and I was giddy beyond words to pull out a frozen meal to have for dinner. LOVED that!

I was reading a post on the Davis County Homeschool boards and someone was describing her day and it sounded JUST LIKE MINE! What a relief that we all have not-so-ideal homeschool days. It made me smile and feel so much better. I feel that what I am doing is right for my family. It will not be easy, but nothing of worth is, is it? I talked to a mother this week that is so upset because her gradeschool daughter is being "bullied". She can't join a "club" at school because she "stinks" or because of the jeans she is wearing. I know you can't shield your children from everything, but I won't be sending my precious children into that enviroment while they are still so young and impressionable and not ready to deal with it. I will keep them here with me, love them, nuture them, teach them the way I feel is right and then they will be ready to go out and face the world. They will learn how to treat others from me as I rely on the Lord to help me teach them. Oh, how happy I am I live in a country that I can do this. :)

Oh, and here is something interesting: Will and I both encountered two people that have been thinking about homeschooling: Audrey's doctor said they have thought about it, and then a chiropractor that Will went to lunch with this week said he and his wife have been concidering it. :) Kinda cool. Wish more would! :)

Today we are making salsa, so that is our school for today. I like Friday's to be spent doing things like that. Makes a nice end to our week! Off we go! :)