whelmed

ready for a boring mommy-blog post? around here, i'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. i'd love to feel just whelmed. we'll shoot for that next week. ;) although we have a lot of flexibility in our day now that we're up at the butt-crack of dawn, i'm feeling the pressure. academic pressure. seeing gabe and where he is now with all the stuff he knows, i realize that i should probably be dedicating more time to education in our home.

this is not to say gabe is behind...he's doing great in school, but i'm realizing days can go by without anything going on but chores and playdates (which are educational in their own way, but don't exactly teach letters and such).

so in order to feel more in control and focused (a vice of mine) i've created a little schedule of things to teach throughout the week.

monday: reading and writing practice

tuesday: letters and numbers

wednesday: puzzles and drawing

thursday: songs and writing practice

friday: colors and shapes

now i know a lot of these intersect, and my hope is that each day i can plan just a few activities where we can learn and practice and then i won't feel like the whole day was used up making beds and washing dishes. the younger three start preschool next week and i know they'll be getting a lot of this at school, too, but it's not just the school's job to teach my kiddos. so here we go. wish me luck.

he's all grown up

it's wednesday. do you know what that means? it means that my little... i mean BIG man has been in school for three whole days. and i've only cried a little.

when asked if he liked school he said, "no...i LOVE school. i NEVER want to stop going!" so i guess i'll keep sending him.

so far his favorite parts of his days have been eating lunch, recess, and sneaking into PE (it's a quiet game of sorts). so i guess he's a typical boy.

although he's loving it, it is wearing him out. i tell yah, today i had him do one extra chore...actually not even a whole one, just a part of an extra chore, and he flipped his lid. he started crying and asking, "why?! why are you making us do more?!" he's not really a whiney kid, and it was hard not to laugh because he was so stressed about the whole ordeal. i asked him if school made him tired and he said, "yes. and work makes me tired. does work make you tired mama?" --yes. yes, son it does.

i have every intention of blogging more often. i really need to be utilizing a creative outlet.

if i type here what future blog posts will be about, i will never write them. so stay on pins and needles.