We have stayed too busy lately. I feel like I am having to work very hard to find the balance with this homeschooling life. You want to have friends, to play with others, to interact, sure. But friends are not the point of homeschooling for us. The point for us is to help our children develop into well-rounded young people who have a heart for God and a view of the world that is accurate but compassionate. Friends do come into that equation. I caught myself saying "yes" to a few too many things, and that rushed us with chores, piano practice and lessons, and schoolwork. I have now decided to not schedule playdates more than once a month, because our normal weekly routine has us interacting with others enough to not worry about development. I have begun to realize that this development I am referring to is really something that comes naturally anyway, and not something that can be orchestrated.
Well, anyway, enough rambling. Here are a few things we've been up to lately:
The kids having found the hidden treasure of new books and a few pieces of candy. We started reading some adventure stories and so we had an adventure of hunting treasure to kick us off.
Carter built a ziggurat out of Legos. We were talking about how the Tower of Babel was most likely a ziggurat in our history lesson. He proceeded to build one. I did help some but he had a set design in his mind.
I tried my hand at making orange danish rolls from scratch. I don't normally brag on myself but these things were FINE! I figured it's still flour and butter and sugar, but at least there are no preservatives or chemicals in them. I won't make them TOO often but I'm glad to have found a substitute for the canned delights.
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I can sympathize with the whole "too much of a good thing" problem you are experiencing. I've even begun a blog post about this very topic, but I haven't had time to finish it. I do hope you don't plan to cut Book-It from your list of important things ... I am looking forward to our adult time on Wednesday!
It's really tough, isn't it?? It's just a weeding out process of what is necessary and what is not... No, Book-It remains. The kids love it too much to let it go. I don't know what that means Wednesdays will look like but it's once a month and I think we can fit that in...
Those rolls look delish!! Recipe please!!!
I'm hearing you, girl. I'm way, way, too over committed lately. Schoolwork is beginning to suffer slightly, and we were doing so well.
Back on track is what I keep telling myself.
Pictures are too cute. The treasure hunt for the new books is an awesome idea! I just stole it!
Tell Addie I love her new boots and hope to see her in them soon.
Tell Carter he can design me a new home someday.
Hope to see you Thursday night!
Katie, I can identify, too!!! It still looks like you had a good week and I love how you fit in the "hands on" learning along with what you're reading about. Such sweet memories! And, those rolls look totally awesome. I tried making cinnamon rolls a few weeks ago and they were really good, but they also leaked all over the bottom of the oven! I think I used the wrong kind of pan.
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