Early Morning Friday

It's 6:30 and the house is still quiet. Friday mornings are the only mornings I let the kids sleep later and eat cereal for breakfast. Monday through Thursday I cook a hot meal to start their day. They help with that also. It's a chance for them to learn how to cook a few things, plus it's fun to all be in the kitchen together. But this morning it's quiet and there's only the sound of my coffee pot dripping way too slowly.

After doing the lesson planning for the 7 days of Creation I had a block. I couldn't figure out what to do with the lesson plan in front of me. I have every lesson written down, but not the details. I hadn't gotten that far yet. Then my friend Karen inspired me to make the story from our lesson from yesterday into a play. I decided to use it as our review. Great! Now I have something to teach with! Then it needed to be typed out. I had to take the two stories we used in our lesson, combine them and make them into a play format. Wow, that was a lot of work. As I sat here typing away and thinking about what parts I'd give to who I was also thinking about all of the things NOT getting done in my house. I wasn't cleaning and I'll tell you after the last two weeks of school this house needs it. It really bothers me when the house gets messy. I don't like things undone. As I sat here letting it nag me in the back of my mind, I forced myself to remember that I have four kids who all need my attention. All four of those kids are with me all day long. Nobody leaves for school making a quiet home to simply do housework in. Three of those four kids are capable of destroying a room in 2.2 seconds, especially Jade.

I really enjoy homeschooling my kids. I love this so much. My children's education is of the highest importance to me which is why we chose to home school in the first place. When I was finished putting their school day together it was late and time for bed. I shared the play with Jerod to make sure it ran through smoothly and off to bed I went without accomplishing any housework. I laid there for a long time trying to sleep and was struggling to do so. My friend Karen's husband sent me some awesome coffee and it got here in the afternoon, but I had to try it, so naturally my brain was on overtime while I lay in bed from the extra caffeine boost. As I laid there I realized I had accomplished something far greater than a clean house. By the end of the day today my floors may still need mopping, but I will have accomplished teaching my kids a valuable lesson about Hebrew culture that intertwines with their Christian beliefs along with a little math, a neat poem and they'll get the experience of acting out parts in a play. Their brains will expand and let in all this information and I will have been their teacher.