A Good Day

Some days are good and some days are not so good.

Today was a GOOD day. I feel so productive. We finished schooling at about 11:30 (she "got it" quicker than I thought she would) and I cleaned both bathrooms top to bottom and the kitchen looks great! It is so much easier when we all do it together. We spent a good amount of time in the backyard squirting each other with the hose and making a waterslide that went into the little blowup pool. I love to make playtime learning time. Sometimes I leave them alone on purpose just to see how they get along without me as I secretly listen in, and they always amaze me. I am so glad that they love eachother now, we'll see how it is when they are teenagers...

I am working on implementing the strategies from the Fly Lady. The kids have been pretty good about helping me, too. I love to relate everything to the Gospel and our Saviors life and Plan. I mean everything. Every aspect of nature can be related back to Jesus Christ and I love the challenge of figuring out what it is and how I can relate it to me and learn from it. I love that our hands get dirty so we can wash our hands before we eat, and I can relate it to keeping our spirits clean to take the sacrament. I love that we fall down and get scratched up, because I can relate it to trials. I love that I can get frustrated and fall to my knees to ask for help and show my kids vulnerability, then get up and make it right. I love that we are poor and can teach our kids how little we really need and can still thrive. I love windy days to teach them to stand strong against adversity. I love to clean up the house and relate it to going to the temple. I love the family structure, how we are all at such different stages in development and relate it to acceptance and unconditional love. I'm not sure if this all makes sense in writing but I know it all makes sense in my head. Life is all about learning and doing better once you know better.

I am so grateful that I have the ability and challenge to homeschool my family and the determination and energy to do it right. It will be fun for me to look back at this blog in 10 years and see what we have become!