Shantel went with her sisters on a "Sisters Trip" to celebrate Melissa's 30th birthday. I took the week off of work to be with the kids. As part of that it means that I was also in charge of homeschool this week.
I loved the chance to do homeschool with the kids. It was a really great way to connect with them. It also gave me extra insight into the challenges that Shantel faces every day. I tried to stick to the normal schedule with the kids and so we were definitely busy doing family economy, going to co-op and doing language arts, math and science.
It is hard to talk about all the things I loved, but here are a few. Not a lot of pictures from the week because I was obviously trying to get through all the school stuff, keep the house clean and make dinner.
I can't remember what Caleb was saying right here, but he had come over to make a very important point to me and I loved just these little interactions all day.
Caleb was still sick on Monday. (I took all the other kids to the co-op and sat with him in the van while he was throwing up). Then on Tuesday Lucy ended up sick as well. One night she came up to bed all on her own and laid down and went to sleep all on her own.
Below Austin was working on doing some watercolor in his language arts book. For one of Caleb's lessons it had a little thing about apples, so I cut up an apple and after he finished each section he got to eat an apple. I loved watching them learn.
Caleb and I also practiced some words by having him jump to each thing and say the word written on the paper. May favorite thing is not pictured. Austin and I practiced spelling numbers by shooting a basketball and every time we made it we had to write that number and race to make ten baskets. Then the next day Lydia and I raced making baskets and doing her spelling words.
On Thursday we broke the schedule and did a movie afternoon to celebrate our hard work and had a great time together. Then that night it was time to go pick up Shantel and her sisters.
I am really grateful for all the work Shantel does each week. She shows patience with our children and is loving and kind and works extremely hard. I loved being able to connect with each one of the kids. I had some good chances to just snuggle and talk to Lucy. I had a lot of Caleb one on one time I don't really ever get and I loved working with Lydia and Austin. We have such great kids and I love them.
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