A look at today...
Early Morning
-Boys go to gym to work out
-Mom puts up schedule and kids do basics, "zones" and post individual academic goals for the day
-Date with Hyrum (10): Went to pick up Amish donuts for breakfast
-I come home to Maia (4) and Piper (8) proudly telling me how Maia cleaned up with Piper after Maia wet the bed; how she showered, gathered up her dirty clothes and blanket items and even had her hair done by Piper.
-Get crock-pot lentils going
9:00 am-ish until lunch
-Devotional on Preparation: Drew did this so we had 3 Studio C's and 2 "real" videos
-Family Reading: Chapter out of "Water Castle," new book I picked up randomly and we are trying
-Put together "jello cells" from Apologia "Anatomy" book: jello, Knox gelatin and lots of candy to represent cell structures (we read from the chapter last week and did this for our final project)
-Kids finish up jobs, etc while I run Tova to visiting teaching and pick up a loaf of bread for dinner from the bakery in town that closes ridiculously early and only has a limited amount of items on their shelf! It is amazing they keep in business :)!
Lunch
-I paint upstairs while Lily makes lunch, boys finish up jobs and Kel does math (he is trying to plow through 10 chapters a day of Saxon math to "catch up")
-Quiet time! I paint some more while Lily reads to the kids, Kel does more math and chemistry, Drew helps Maia and Hyrum helps me paint
-Visiting teaching for mom and then come home to eat cells!
-Find out cells are now disgusting because we put them back in the fridge with dissolvable candy in them but some kids try to eat them anyway
Late Afternoon
-Check up on kids and their "daily goals": Drew and I have a good discussion on S.M.A.R.T. goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Reasonable,...Tangible?) and he re-does his list: running, Saxon, some history reading from "The History of U.S."
-Hyrum and I do art together and I show Lily and Hyrum where they can do some simple math in the workbooks I just bought them
-Paint some more and meanwhile have Kel move the lentils from the crockpot to the stove so that they will finish cooking in time for dinner and not just at midnight
All through this time, I am loving little ones, nursing, and trying to clean up here and there. Fixing boo-boos, listening to concerns and answering questions become the main part of my day. Part of my personal education right now is summed up in Neal A. Maxwell's talk on "Patience" (BYU Speeches 1979)--finding joy in looking with awe at God's handiwork in the hard as well as the easy times...not just enduring. :) Not an easy lesson, but an "oh so good!" one.
Personal studies:
-Went to Amish store and was reminded about the joy and simplicity of choosing a simpler life.
-Listened to the "Patience" talk while painting...and "patiently" telling my 4 year old Maia over and over again why she cannot paint with me.
-Scriptures, prayer, 2 chapters of History of U.S. (1600's section)
-Finished a few commitments on my weekly goals: one for visiting teaching and ordered a few good books on bird, insect and butterfly identification.
-Studied children while they worked--they are beautiful
-Studied my fellow church-going sisters at a social tonight: came away edified.
Early Morning
-Boys go to gym to work out
-Mom puts up schedule and kids do basics, "zones" and post individual academic goals for the day
-Date with Hyrum (10): Went to pick up Amish donuts for breakfast
-I come home to Maia (4) and Piper (8) proudly telling me how Maia cleaned up with Piper after Maia wet the bed; how she showered, gathered up her dirty clothes and blanket items and even had her hair done by Piper.
-Get crock-pot lentils going
9:00 am-ish until lunch
-Devotional on Preparation: Drew did this so we had 3 Studio C's and 2 "real" videos
-Family Reading: Chapter out of "Water Castle," new book I picked up randomly and we are trying
-Put together "jello cells" from Apologia "Anatomy" book: jello, Knox gelatin and lots of candy to represent cell structures (we read from the chapter last week and did this for our final project)
-Kids finish up jobs, etc while I run Tova to visiting teaching and pick up a loaf of bread for dinner from the bakery in town that closes ridiculously early and only has a limited amount of items on their shelf! It is amazing they keep in business :)!
Lunch
-I paint upstairs while Lily makes lunch, boys finish up jobs and Kel does math (he is trying to plow through 10 chapters a day of Saxon math to "catch up")
-Quiet time! I paint some more while Lily reads to the kids, Kel does more math and chemistry, Drew helps Maia and Hyrum helps me paint
-Visiting teaching for mom and then come home to eat cells!
-Find out cells are now disgusting because we put them back in the fridge with dissolvable candy in them but some kids try to eat them anyway
Late Afternoon
-Check up on kids and their "daily goals": Drew and I have a good discussion on S.M.A.R.T. goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Reasonable,...Tangible?) and he re-does his list: running, Saxon, some history reading from "The History of U.S."
-Hyrum and I do art together and I show Lily and Hyrum where they can do some simple math in the workbooks I just bought them
-Paint some more and meanwhile have Kel move the lentils from the crockpot to the stove so that they will finish cooking in time for dinner and not just at midnight
All through this time, I am loving little ones, nursing, and trying to clean up here and there. Fixing boo-boos, listening to concerns and answering questions become the main part of my day. Part of my personal education right now is summed up in Neal A. Maxwell's talk on "Patience" (BYU Speeches 1979)--finding joy in looking with awe at God's handiwork in the hard as well as the easy times...not just enduring. :) Not an easy lesson, but an "oh so good!" one.
Personal studies:
-Went to Amish store and was reminded about the joy and simplicity of choosing a simpler life.
-Listened to the "Patience" talk while painting...and "patiently" telling my 4 year old Maia over and over again why she cannot paint with me.
-Scriptures, prayer, 2 chapters of History of U.S. (1600's section)
-Finished a few commitments on my weekly goals: one for visiting teaching and ordered a few good books on bird, insect and butterfly identification.
-Studied children while they worked--they are beautiful
-Studied my fellow church-going sisters at a social tonight: came away edified.
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