[This is a Day in the Homeschool Life post I am linking up to Simple Homeschool’s meme. Previous posts like it: 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011] 8:19 – I’m at the computer, sipping coffee and checking my Bullet Journal. Baby has been changed and nursed and is content with Julien, 14. Breakfast is ready. Scrambled eggs, […]
Call me Florence
This week has been … fun. Some type of virus (possibly, after a Google search of symptoms, adenovirus because of the fever, cough, stomach pain/vomiting, red eyes, extreme malaise) has made its way through our house. Both of the couches in my living room have been strewn with sleeping bodies all week. I’ve never seen an […]
One year
Today is January 19. If my youngest child had been born on his due date, he would be one year old today. Instead, he is 15 months old. If you’re new here, you can read our preemie story here. I’m working on this page a little at a time, and at this moment it’s not […]
Parenting “lasts”
Parenting “firsts” get all the fanfare. Baby’s first steps. The first day of school. The first time your teenager drives the family car. Etc. Right now Josiah is at the age where the firsts are happening almost daily. Look, mom, I figured out how to help you rearrange those books you just neatly stacked up. […]
How to get your 3 year old to take her “nasty medicine”
I have officially named this year (or so – it began last October with my son’s extremely early birth) The Year of the Medical Event. Looking back on my calendar for the past several months, I’ve had 6-8 or more medical events or doctor’s appointments each month. Have a mentioned that going to the doctor/dentist […]
My premonition came true, sort of
Last week I feared that my preemie’s sickness would land us back in the hospital, but it was my 5 year old daughter that ended up hospitalized. Saturday, as we were just about to walk out the door to go to a local foodie festival, Ruby ran out the door early, as usual. A minute […]
Be careful what you wish for
It’s a terrible thing to wish that time would speed up. I don’t normally fall prey to this trap. I know it’s difficult to be happy when you aren’t present. But I would venture to guess that many mothers of extremely premature babies feel the same. Josiah decided to make all my anxieties about his […]
First day back to (home)school
I felt a bit like the proverbial giddy school girl early yesterday and this morning, unable to sleep and eager for the day to begin. I woke up before my alarm went off, unusual for me as of late. Everything went off yesterday and today without a hitch, and the girls were all done with […]
Nap, interrupted
In view of my last post about my chronic sleep deprivation of the past year, some may ask, “Why doesn’t she try to make up the lack of sleep with a daily nap?” Great question. To illustrate why this isn’t happening, here’s a little thing I like to call What Happens When Mom Tries To […]
Our Homeschooling Schedule (and a lunch menu) 2015/16
I sat down today to create our daily and weekly homeschooling schedule. Since our homeschooling year begins September 1, it’s time to begin the Tetris game that is scheduling my day with several kids that still require “teaching” as opposed to merely “facilitating”. I am adding a new student this year, Ruby, who just turned […]