And so do I some days.
But here's the thing with extreme sports. With the extreme challenges there are also extreme highs and I wouldn't change it for the world.
Since Laughing Boy came on the scene things have had to become a little more streamlined. The others have all changed so much in the last few months too that the way we did things six months ago simply won't do now. So over the next few weeks I am going to walk through our day again so you can see just how much it has changed. The changes aren't because what we were doing didn't work - it is because what we were doing wouldn't work for us now. I am finding as we grow in our homeschooling journey there simply isn't any such thing as one-size fits all and our day will always be under construction. I am also going to do a few reviews because I like reviewing books and curriculum and find reading review helpful to me. If you have any funny or fun things for me to link to or post on Fridays, please feel free to send an e-mail to Tasjess at gmail dot com.
Housekeeping aside, here are the top ten things our homeschool has learned since the arrival of Laughing Boy:
10. While you think you are already flexible, add another child and you will find joints you never knew you had. Compared to six months ago, I am a contortionist now baby!!
9. There's always time for fabulous hair dos - the frills of life are actually necessities.
8. If a child can see purpose to the work required of them, they will put in ten times as much effort.
7. We do not have time for busy work. 2 hours of quality work is a school day, packing it out with "stuff" just because it's in the work book does not work for any of us and chews up precious tree climbing time.
6. Meal times are an excellent time for read alouds - captive audience!
5. Life goes better when you laugh.
4. It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful (a line stolen from this blog, but about so much more than decor)
3. Learning will always happen, even if it isn't when and how Mama Bear expects.
2. If you ignore laundry for a day or two, it breeds. It is hard to school when Mount Washmore is threatening to avalanche!
1. Babies completely and utterly rock and make the world a better place.
