*cuddling with Madelyn
*outside time with Madelyn and taking pictures
*planning activities for Gracie...and seeing the delight in her eyes when she was able to do them
*snuggling and reading to Gracie
*Language Lessons at the kitchen table with Gracie while Madelyn colored
*the sweet way Gracie watched over a baby at the library
Thoughts, quotes, and poems on raising and homeschooling 3 little women. Ephesians 2: 8-10--For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." ~William Butler Yeats
Friday, September 24, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Why is it that everytime I get it clear in my mind that I have to give up on homeschooling someone comes along and gets me all fired up about it again? A neighbor, who I did not expect would be homeschooling, is seriously thinking about it. And she told me about another friend whose little boy just started Kindergarten at our local public school and is learning swear words on the bus! God help me! I just might go crazy soon.
Compromise
I want to homeschool. Jim is still hesitant to say yes. So where does that leave us? Well, unless Jim changes his mind, we're left with compromise.
Gracie is now doing really well at preschool. I can see all the wonderful ways it is helping her. After dropping her off at preschool yesterday, I heard her say sweetly to a little girl named Ava, "Will you play with me?" Gracie is such a great friend and is developing skills that I have not seen her develop at home.
On the way to preschool, she always wants to say five prayers! I don't know why she has to say five, but it is teaching her to see God at work in her life. We are able to talk about whether or not God answered her prayers, see how he has protected her that day, and talk about the good friends and teachers God has given her.
Gracie enjoys having a place all her own. Next Friday is Open House at her school. She is SO excited to show Jim everything. They are also learning songs to sing to the parents.
These are all very positive things. My head is telling me I have to keep sending her to school, but my heart won't give up on homeschooling. And then it dawned on me. I don't have to give up. Jim still wants me to teach them at home. So, along with making sure they have as much outside time and free-play as they need, I will still be researching all my favorite homeschooling blogs and magazines for ways to enrich their lives and learning when they are home.
I have started brainstorming ways to stay involved in their schooling. Volunteering in the classroom, joining the PTA, starting a Moms-in-Touch prayer group. Continuing this newfound passion for photography and using it to do projects in the classroom and possibly even raise money.
But that is way down the road...
For now, the biggest lessons I am learning from all of this are submission to my husband and trust in God to keep my kids safe. A great friend read this verse to me the other day and it was just what I needed to hear...
"...They were submissive to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear."
1 Peter 3:5-6
Gracie is now doing really well at preschool. I can see all the wonderful ways it is helping her. After dropping her off at preschool yesterday, I heard her say sweetly to a little girl named Ava, "Will you play with me?" Gracie is such a great friend and is developing skills that I have not seen her develop at home.
On the way to preschool, she always wants to say five prayers! I don't know why she has to say five, but it is teaching her to see God at work in her life. We are able to talk about whether or not God answered her prayers, see how he has protected her that day, and talk about the good friends and teachers God has given her.
Gracie enjoys having a place all her own. Next Friday is Open House at her school. She is SO excited to show Jim everything. They are also learning songs to sing to the parents.
These are all very positive things. My head is telling me I have to keep sending her to school, but my heart won't give up on homeschooling. And then it dawned on me. I don't have to give up. Jim still wants me to teach them at home. So, along with making sure they have as much outside time and free-play as they need, I will still be researching all my favorite homeschooling blogs and magazines for ways to enrich their lives and learning when they are home.
I have started brainstorming ways to stay involved in their schooling. Volunteering in the classroom, joining the PTA, starting a Moms-in-Touch prayer group. Continuing this newfound passion for photography and using it to do projects in the classroom and possibly even raise money.
But that is way down the road...
For now, the biggest lessons I am learning from all of this are submission to my husband and trust in God to keep my kids safe. A great friend read this verse to me the other day and it was just what I needed to hear...
"...They were submissive to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear."
1 Peter 3:5-6
Monday, September 20, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
*watching Madelyn happily jump on the trampoline with bouncy Tigger
*the cool morning air...and time to play outside in it without rushing off somewhere
*snacktime with the girls and watching Gracie make letters with her pretzel sticks
*doing a color experiment with Gracie
*watching the girls paly and clean in the big bathtub while I cleaned the bathroom
*the cool morning air...and time to play outside in it without rushing off somewhere
*snacktime with the girls and watching Gracie make letters with her pretzel sticks
*doing a color experiment with Gracie
*watching the girls paly and clean in the big bathtub while I cleaned the bathroom
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
*seeing the girls looking at a costume magazine on the couch together on the couch
*two preschool mornings with no crying beforehand
*watching Gracie run into her classroom, find her name, and put it in the pocketchart
*singing to Madelyn on the couch
*the fact that Gracie wanted me to say 4 prayers for her on the way to preschool
*Madelyn has a favorite baby doll named Lucy. Gracie has one just like it named Caroline. Instead of calling her Caroline, Madelyn calls her "Gracie's Lucy". It is so cute.
*two preschool mornings with no crying beforehand
*watching Gracie run into her classroom, find her name, and put it in the pocketchart
*singing to Madelyn on the couch
*the fact that Gracie wanted me to say 4 prayers for her on the way to preschool
*Madelyn has a favorite baby doll named Lucy. Gracie has one just like it named Caroline. Instead of calling her Caroline, Madelyn calls her "Gracie's Lucy". It is so cute.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)