wow. what a day yesterday was! up at 5 to run my 4.5 miles, which went much better than the last time, by the way. didn't take as many walk breaks and have figured out how to run a steady pace without feeling like i'm overheating, which is the biggest concern with running while pregnant. after i got home, i took the kids out for their exercise, walking a mile with William and John, while Margaret and Samuel ran their 2 miles. then we hit the books, doing non-stop school from 8:15 until 3:30! during the time i managed to do multiple loads of laundry, make a chicken soup, and get a measure of house cleaning done. strangely enough i never tired out. i think it's the running, it increases my stamina and ability to "take on the day". Brian worked until 9:30 last night, so there was no let-up in the day. after dinner, the kids and i ran to Wold Market to exchange something, and then to Half Price Books. that is one of the most favorite places on the planet, and they each bought something, and everyone went home happy. we got home around 9 and had ice cream. then everyone needed showering, so no one got to bed before 10. such a long, long day. i think i did 5 loads of laundry because it was time to wash the bedding, my least favorite chore. but the Lord gives grace, and i went to bed with still a bit of life in me and was able to do a little personal reading.
dinnertime without Daddy who had to work late ~
ice cream!
the alarm didn't go off this morning, so i slept in until 6, missing my chance to go run or walk. i guess i'll get it in this evening. i am really hoping we can get our school work done earlier today. is there something i am doing wrong, or is this just to be expected when your homeschooling multiple students?
sports will be starting up next week. Samuel and William will be doing boxing for the month of september, and all four will be doing a basketball clinic. then they'll all start soccer in a few weeks.
Brian and i had planned to go out last Friday, but i was too tired. and Margaret got called to babysit at the last minute, so she wouldn't have been here to watch the boys anyways. we ended up getting away for a little while on saturday night, going over to Cherrywood Coffeehouse.
well, i've run out of time to write anymore this morning. my kids are waiting on me.
About school taking so long....my mom trained us to as much as she could, do it on our own. As I remember, by the time I was in 2nd grade, I knew how everything worked, just read the book and rarely had to go to her for help. I'd be done with school at 12 before lunch-that was our goal-we started at about 7 or 8. She also had us very scheduled on paper so we could refer to it, knew what was next, and also so we would get done by 12. If a subject took longer than what was normal we would have to quit and finish it later. Don't know if that helps or not :)
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