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A friend of mine called on Wednesday and asked me how our school year had ended.  I told her then that we had just started back the day before.  Sort of.   We start back with math and finish up the Explode the Code book they were working on at the end of the year.  But, it's just one math lesson a day instead of 2 like they normally do during the school year.  Starting this way takes a little pressure off the rest of our year.  I also noticed that the kids and I both needed a little more structure.  One full month of playing was enough for them.   So, we've begun. This year is a little different.  Eli starts kindergarten, Sami's in 2nd, and Autumn's in 5th.  Usually my room is already to go before the other year ends.  Not so this year!  We started Tuesday with my room in chaos.  Still we pulled out math and just did math.  I have a lot of work to do this week.  Notebooks to get in order. New materials to o...

We just finished our second incomplete week of school.  That is, we had 3 days of school last week and 4 days of school this week.  I've shared here that school didn't start off the way I'd hoped.  This week had more lessons for me.   Wednesday was filled with unexpected procrastination by my daughters and by me.  It was also filled with commitments and hospitality--both of which were important.  At the end of the day, though, I lost it.  I gave my children and myself not grace, but expectations that weren't met.   When I met with my homeschool reviewer on Wednesday, we talked about many things.  The first things she wanted to do was talk about what I expected to tackle this year and what I desired prayer for.  I told her about how I've always gotten stressed getting to places on time.  It began years ago when family members would get upset with me verbally and nonverbally when everything wasn't ready on time when expected. ...