Monday

I am a homeschooling mommy. And very proud of it!

My three girls have the "privilege (not the term they would use, I'm sure...)" of staying home to learn information that has been handpicked for them by the persons who love them the most. I feel that it is my personal responsibility to make sure that they turn out to be godly wives and mothers.  I take the opportunity that I have to program their little brains very seriously. :)  I use a curriculum called The Weaver, provided by Alpha-Omega Publications. It's a unit study with a heavy focus on not just the addition of a bible verse into a lesson plan, but the fusion of His word into what is being taught. I absolutely love that you make it what you want it to be!

That being said, this morning when I woke up, I was not in the mood to be a teacher! I'd stayed up late the night before cleaning house, doing laundry and planning the lesson out. Perhaps, that was it. Maybe all I needed was a few more minutes under the blankets. I needed to pretend that the night had not yet given way to a new day. My 3 year old, however, was not about to let that happen! "Mommy!" she called out loudly, even though she was right next to me. The fact that she is in my bed? A mystery yet to be figured out. How did she get here? Maybe it was one of Jesus' latest displays of power. She was moved in the spirit from her bed to mine.. ???
Yeah... Doesn't sound quite right, does it? :)  But I digress.... (actually,I am taking suggestions on how to make progress in that area!) 

I got out of bed and there sat my 7 year old. She's an early riser/scaredy cat. That explains her presence. :) I tell her that we may as well get started with the day and remind her of her morning routine. The middle child, who is late to sleep and late to rise, is snoring peacefully on the top bunk. I hated to disturb her but did what had to be done. I rocked the creaky metal bunk bed and chanted her name cheerleader-style in order to wake her. Either she really didn't hear me or she was really good at pretending not to have heard me...No worries! I had another cheer in my playbook. She stirred and frowned. I left. Mission accomplished. 

Can i just stop here and make a totally unrelated to anything statement? I think I have an ulcer. The pit of my stomach is burning something so fierce that I can feel the discomfort in my back. And I'm drinking coffee. Stupid, I know. But Tim Horton's coffee with a butter pecan creamer is a necessity! Continue to blog or find my off brand acid reducer??? 

Time for a break! :/ 

Okay, I have returned... Still in pain but medicated and expecting great relief shortly!

Back to the blog...Some time later, we all gathered in our family room for prayer, praise and a Bill Nye the Science Guy DVD (courtesy of the public library, thank you) about electricity. The kids watched, interested. Afterward, we canvassed the house looking for frayed outlets and then tried to conjure up enough static electricity (by vigorously rubbing our sock feet across the carpet), to shock each other! They were also pretty amazed by a simple science experiment using tissue paper, a plastic comb, and a cute little lilac sweater. Science for the day done. CHECK!

After that, the children read a book, wrote a summary, and did an oral presentation on the sharing rug, AKA the front door rug, LOL. We summed up the day's lessons with a review, or test, if you will, over the information that we'd covered over the last 3 weeks. Did I mention that this is the first year that we've homeschooled? Ok, I guess I just did. 
Because of that, I am always secretly reviewing material with them because I want to make sure that my brainwashing techniques are working LOL. Much to my satisfaction, they fared pretty well and we called it a day...

My prayer is for the Lord to bless our homeschooling endeavors. To bless the children with His presence as they get to know and understand His Word "all the more", as the mothers from my old church used to say. :) To bless me with understanding and wisdom concerning how and what to share with them.