Life with kids Entry #7

Life with kids Entry #7:

Let's face it, life as a stay at home mom is not the easy relaxed job some think of. It's busy, there is always something going on. Today was no exception, in fact I have more than normal on my plate with yard sale set up. 

Then little Lucy out of nowhere started gagging so hard she could barely breath (darn you reflux!). Her beautiful (at least for now praying they stay) blue eyes wide with terror. I've now spent two hours comforting and loving on this little miracle. Sure that means two hours of work that did not happen, but really, she's worth it.

Life with kids Entry #6

Life with kids entry number six:

I'm exhausted. The kind of exhausted where I'm thankful my husband is driving and all I want to do is zone in quiet because it hurts to be conscience and I still have to go home and help put five kids to bed then nurse the baby to sleep and pray she sleeps because she's sleeping in the car. Yes, that kind of tired. Then this happens.

Naomi: Mommy?

Me: *trying not to allow my voice to show the annoyance I'm ashamed I feel* What Naomi?

Naomi: *garbled and indecipherable*

Me: What Naomi? I can't hear you.

Naomi: *yelling* What's the blue minivan called?

Me: *thinking seriously kid, you are pulling that out of nowhere almost three months after we sold it?!* I don't remember Nae-Nae.

Naomi: But what it's called?!

Me: Petunia.

That, by the way, is a lie. That was the tan van's name. Sometimes, it's worth it for quiet.

Sonlight series, entry 2

This post is rather past due, but here it is!

My very first thought when I opened the box from Sonlight was "this is a lot of books". It was a tad overwhelming. 

The even more overwhelming part came when I looked at the teacher guides. You have to put them in the binder yourself (unless you pay $30 for them to do it for you), and I had a moment of anxiety. I went to the Sonlight website and ultimately found a video that explains how to put them together. Very helpful!

It took me about an hour to put the binders together. I decided to put all four of my kids stuff together so I would not be switching from binder to binder, and I had to use two binders to fit it all. Not so bad, and I love how easy they make everything, the guides are awesome!

It took a while to separate all the books between core, 3rd grade readers, and 1st grade readers. There IS a page in each teacher manual that shows the books and even what week you start using them, but it took me a bit to find it.

Overall, it was pretty intimidating opening the box, but it was also very exciting! I really enjoyed looking through all the awesome books, and it definitely had me very excited to start school.

Life with kids entry #5

In the same breath, in true run on sentence form: "Elli get your fingers out of your mouth Tobiah get your finger out of your nose!"

That's what happened when I looked in my rear view mirror. Sigh.