Do you ever have days that start out so great and end with a bang, a not so good bang? Well don't feel so bad because you are not alone. Here is my story of today:
Today's homeschooling day was AWESOME! Today is the reason I do what I do. Not every day is like today, in fact a lot of days are not like today, but today learning came alive!
Today we started our morning by Boo Boo finishing up a tree stand he had started yesterday. He is determined to trap a rabbit. He put carrots on a string under a bin and held it up with a stick. He made a tree blind in the one and only tree we have and put up his camouflage tent. Then we made pancakes in a bar pan and after they were cooked the kids got to use cookie cutters to cut out the shape of pancake they desired.
Then we hit the books! We talked about how the Lord created us and how we are made in God's image with our Apologia book, "Who am I?"
Next we studied ancient history with" Story of the World." Today we discussed what an archaeologist is and I hid a few treasures ( a fork, tin pie pan, bone, toy, and a few other items) in our garden and they got to be archaeologists and dig up the items and tell me about the people who lived in the time based on what kind of items they found. For example our fork was made out of metal and not bone, so we determined it was more of a modern time.
Then we moved onto Astronomy, by Apologia. We discussed gravity and satellites in space and the 9 planets (if you count Pluto)! We started painting our solar system to hang from our school room.
Then we ended our day with our read aloud "Little House in the Big Woods" and next week we will be making our own butter. I would love to use a butter churner, but for the sake of the time I will be using my kitchen aid!
Today we did not do math and phonics/grammar. We have worked on those subjects every day, and today we decided to just attack the "other" subjects.
Boo Boo said, "This was the best homeschooling day EVER!"
They really enjoy the hands on activities with reading!
Now tonight was a different story. My husband has been working long hours and I have been getting through many days by myself with the kiddos. I tell myself it is okay and I can handle it, but it is not always easy. Tonight I had planned for the kids to go to bed early and it started storming right at bedtime. This was a night we needed a little more sleep because we have to be up early for soccer games. The kids decided to all fall asleep in my bed, which was fine, but the boys started bickering and Little Lady decided it was time to play. She started picking on the boys and throwing stuffed animals. It took an hour to get the kids to sleep because of the thunder and lightning and mommy started to lose it. I didn't just start to lose it, I lost it! The kids knew I meant business and I was not playing around, and oh how the guilt pours over me.
It is amazing how in one minute you can feel like you've got this, and how the next moment EPIC FAIL. I did not want to raise my voice. I did not want to wound spirits, but I did. Yelling is not the last thing I want my kids to hear before they go to sleep. I want them to hear joy and love, and especially peace from the nightly song I sing. I want them to hear that I am here for them and the storm will not hurt them.
They finally gave in and drifted off to sleepy land when they realized I was not giving in to staying up. I go in to kiss their sleeping cheeks and I watch them for a minute and wonder what they are dreaming about. I pray over them and hope that they do not remember all the times I raise my voice and get angry. I love these little people more than life itself. I pray that they have grace and mercy with me and that they forgive me and still know how much I love them. I pray that I do not train them to raise their voice when things do not go their way.
God brought to me Matthew 23:12 "Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
I took a day that started off wonderful and in a matter of seconds I blew it.
I am telling you all this because I know there are many of you, like me that have had moments where you feel like you have failed. Satan loves for moms to feel this way. He shoots arrows of guilt and shame right at our hearts. He wants us to feel like we are failures, but I know 1st John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
John 10:10 says, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."
A good friend told me tonight something I really needed to hear and that is we all mess up, we all say and do things we do not mean at times in our life, and that my kids need to know that their life within the family will not be perfect, but we are together. Through thick and thin we are all together doing this thing called family!
Well, tomorrow is a new day, and I am so glad that we get to start over refreshed doing this thing called family!
Today's homeschooling day was AWESOME! Today is the reason I do what I do. Not every day is like today, in fact a lot of days are not like today, but today learning came alive!
Today we started our morning by Boo Boo finishing up a tree stand he had started yesterday. He is determined to trap a rabbit. He put carrots on a string under a bin and held it up with a stick. He made a tree blind in the one and only tree we have and put up his camouflage tent. Then we made pancakes in a bar pan and after they were cooked the kids got to use cookie cutters to cut out the shape of pancake they desired.
Then we hit the books! We talked about how the Lord created us and how we are made in God's image with our Apologia book, "Who am I?"
Next we studied ancient history with" Story of the World." Today we discussed what an archaeologist is and I hid a few treasures ( a fork, tin pie pan, bone, toy, and a few other items) in our garden and they got to be archaeologists and dig up the items and tell me about the people who lived in the time based on what kind of items they found. For example our fork was made out of metal and not bone, so we determined it was more of a modern time.
Then we moved onto Astronomy, by Apologia. We discussed gravity and satellites in space and the 9 planets (if you count Pluto)! We started painting our solar system to hang from our school room.
Then we ended our day with our read aloud "Little House in the Big Woods" and next week we will be making our own butter. I would love to use a butter churner, but for the sake of the time I will be using my kitchen aid!
Today we did not do math and phonics/grammar. We have worked on those subjects every day, and today we decided to just attack the "other" subjects.
Boo Boo said, "This was the best homeschooling day EVER!"
They really enjoy the hands on activities with reading!
Now tonight was a different story. My husband has been working long hours and I have been getting through many days by myself with the kiddos. I tell myself it is okay and I can handle it, but it is not always easy. Tonight I had planned for the kids to go to bed early and it started storming right at bedtime. This was a night we needed a little more sleep because we have to be up early for soccer games. The kids decided to all fall asleep in my bed, which was fine, but the boys started bickering and Little Lady decided it was time to play. She started picking on the boys and throwing stuffed animals. It took an hour to get the kids to sleep because of the thunder and lightning and mommy started to lose it. I didn't just start to lose it, I lost it! The kids knew I meant business and I was not playing around, and oh how the guilt pours over me.
It is amazing how in one minute you can feel like you've got this, and how the next moment EPIC FAIL. I did not want to raise my voice. I did not want to wound spirits, but I did. Yelling is not the last thing I want my kids to hear before they go to sleep. I want them to hear joy and love, and especially peace from the nightly song I sing. I want them to hear that I am here for them and the storm will not hurt them.
They finally gave in and drifted off to sleepy land when they realized I was not giving in to staying up. I go in to kiss their sleeping cheeks and I watch them for a minute and wonder what they are dreaming about. I pray over them and hope that they do not remember all the times I raise my voice and get angry. I love these little people more than life itself. I pray that they have grace and mercy with me and that they forgive me and still know how much I love them. I pray that I do not train them to raise their voice when things do not go their way.
God brought to me Matthew 23:12 "Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
I took a day that started off wonderful and in a matter of seconds I blew it.
I am telling you all this because I know there are many of you, like me that have had moments where you feel like you have failed. Satan loves for moms to feel this way. He shoots arrows of guilt and shame right at our hearts. He wants us to feel like we are failures, but I know 1st John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
John 10:10 says, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."
A good friend told me tonight something I really needed to hear and that is we all mess up, we all say and do things we do not mean at times in our life, and that my kids need to know that their life within the family will not be perfect, but we are together. Through thick and thin we are all together doing this thing called family!
Well, tomorrow is a new day, and I am so glad that we get to start over refreshed doing this thing called family!
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