We only did two real days of school this week. Monday was zoo in Dallas day. All of the public school kids were out so we went with the cousins. (see other blog for upcoming photos)I did try to make it a learning experience but I felt like I was yelling because the kids were zooming around everywhere. They just needed to run more than learn about Oryxs I guess. I did try to teach the youngest boy about Big Horn Sheep. He kept calling them goats. (We'll review that one.)
The penguins interested CC#1 the most and Tuesday morning the first thing she asked for, possibly in an effort to delay math, was to do a penguin lesson. It didn't turn out to be effective. I gave her about 6 photocopies to paint of penguins and predators but I wanted her to write a narration of a lesson first. I left her (always a mistake) to go exercise with my sister (only in the next room) and she didn't do her work. So when my sister left she got to stand in the corner. (also for poking brother with pencil) I'm exasperated. I ask my other sister to come over later in the afternoon. I'm feeling sick, possibly with allergies or a cold. I have church service work that takes up some of the afternoon. I need motivation to work faster. My sis comes in the afternoon with her kids and CC#1 has been told she can't play until her work is done. It was a pretty chaotic afternoon. IT seemed that everyone was still recovering from the all day trip the day before. I start to clean the house because we're having playgroup at our house the next day and husband comes home just in time for me to go to a church meeting. I knew I should have worn a dress or dressed nicer. I barely got a shower in that day, however, and when I went I was certainly feeling like the only one without make-up hair done and a dress on.
So I ended up staying up all night long on Tuesday cleaning the house. I really like my house clean and I'm a perfectionist. I do care what people think to a certain degree but there is also the aspect of "I give up" about me, too. I tend, however, to use the knowledge of people coming to visit as a motivator to clean. So I really got a lot done that I'd been slacking on, in addition to like 5 loads of laundry, windows, bathroom floor, girls bookshelf, craft cupboard, sink, and stove. I slept for an hour and got up at 8:30 with trash to take out still and dishes to do. I did get a shower in, though. Yay!
Anyway, after the playgroup ended I fed the kids and headed over to an appointment. I got there early and I waited over an hour. KNowing that three of my kids had to be seen I gave up and rescheduled and left because I couldn't miss ballet parent observation day. Luckily my husband had been on call the night before and I got to leave my young boy with him, who wouldn've been nightmarishly disruptive.
Then to the library. I did try to get CC#1 to do some work at the appointment while we waited and she did do some but mostly she whined. CC#2 and I read readers together.
Thursday I can't remember at all even though it was just yesterday. Oh, I jsut remembered that on Tuesday I also took two kids to make up gymnastics in the morning.
Thursday we did school I guess. Can't remember. It's a blur. I know she did some work this week and Thursday must've been when she did it. We did have friends from out of town come for the TCU v BYU game and we went to dinner. My sister had come in the morning and we exercised. I stayed up late talking to our friends.
FRiday, today, I was so sick I slept late, although it was more like lying there in misery. I took tylenol all day and it's apparent that baby is sick as well as she cries whenever put down.
I took CC#1 to her make up gymnastics and I think we're going to switch her to Fridays. I met a nice homeschooler there, since it's a for homeschoolers class.
Then I went clothes shopping and spent $27 on a shirt and pants outfit for little kid, two blouses, two skirts, and a nice pair of pants. It wasn't even a thrift store amazingly.
Then I cooked dinner and sister came over and we exercised and painted pumpkins with the kids. It was fun but I am so wiped out. I am sick and hurting from working out. Such a stupid thing to do, I'm sure.
We'll do more academic things next week and hopefully I'll be feeling better.
